Culture
2015 Land of the Snow Leopard festival
Since its inception in 2009, this Festival has expanded into a popular youth-centered environmental movement with schoolchildren coming from as far away as Mongolia.
Read MoreDyalama ribbon tying as a spiritual practice [2020]
Description of the practice of dyalama – tying ribbons as a spiritual practice in Greater Altai
Read MoreCultural practices in Altai [2020]
This page introduces important concepts and traditions that are specific to Greater Altai.
Read MoreAltai Petroglyph Complexes in Mongolia and Russia [2020]
Rock art is found widely across Greater Altai. Bronze and Iron Age petroglyphs depict animals, people, and culture. The sites are fragile and in need of protection.
Read MoreAltaian Language [2020]
Altaian, divided into North Altaian and South Altaian is a closely-related group of Turkic languages. This article focuses on the language as spoken in Russia’s Altai Republic.
Read MoreKazakhstan: an overview [2022]
Kazakhstan ranks as the largest nation in Central Asia and the world’s largest landlocked country. It share borders with Russia, China, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and the Caspian Sea. A land of deserts and plateaus stretching across the rolling tablelands of the Eurasian landmass, approximately 20 percent of Kazakhstan is mountainous, dotted by the Tien Shan,…
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