Holidays & Traditions of Kazakhstan. Source for this section: http://www.president.kz/ NAURYZ - a holiday of spring, is the most momentous and ancient festivity of Oriental nations. In fact, it is a New Year's Eve according to the ancient Oriental calendar. It has yet another name "Ulys Kuni"("The first day of the New Year") or "Ulystyn uly kuni" ("The great day of the people").
They say that the more you celebrate the Nauryz holiday, the greater your success throughout the year.
When the holiday comes, Kazakhs put on festive clothes, pay visits to each other, and exchange congratulations, best wishes and good luck in the coming year. The festivities are accompanied by widespread merry-making, games, traditional horse-races, and various other activities.
Traditionally they cook and make all sorts of tasty meals during the holidays, symbolizing well-being and abundance in the coming year. The feast is usually served at noon, and is preceded and followed by a prayer in honor of the fore-fathers. At the conclusion of the feast, the eldest of those present gives his blessings (bata) so that prosperity will be with the family.
When Kazakhs celebrate Nauryz, presence of the number seven is essential - it embodies seven days of the week – the time units of universal eternity. In front of aksakals ("white beards"or old men) they put seven bowls with the drink of "Nauryz-kozhe", prepared of seven grades of seven types of cereals.
BERKUTCHI, or “hunting with a golden eagle,” is a tradition that has been practiced for ten centuries. The Kazakh belief is that presenting a fledgling hunting bird to a boy is tantamount to wishing him to be a brave and strong young fellow.
Training a golden eagle is a rare and painstaking art. The bird just caught (photo at left) is being slowly trained to its master (a berkutchi). The man training the bird doesn't sleep for several nights with the bird being subjected to similar discomfort. First, the bird must take food (pieces of raw meat) from its master's hand only. When the eagle gets used to the hunter, its horse and its dog, it undergoes the next phase of training: first it "hunts" stuffed foxes and only after mastering that will it then proceed with real hunting.
1. The king asked the Queen if she was happy 2. The king asked a fairy if she was a good or a wicked one 3. The king asked how much bread had he baked that day 4. The king asked what he was doing there 5. The king asked if he had made clothes for any other kings 6. The king asked if I had won the war 7. The king asked if I would like to play chess (ты, скорее всего имел ввиду это слово в вопросе) with him 8. The king asked whether I can get more money 9. The king asked where was I from 10. The king asked whether I looked well after his roses
"Nature provides free lunch, only if we control our appetites." This is a powerful sentence. Nature cannot provide for a community that is taking faster than it can produce. Example, a mother with nine children cannot make them all lunch at once. Some will be served before others, and they will have to be patient. If all the children want seconds, the mother will be tired and may not be able to provide the second meal. Statistics from Webecoist state that, "Oxygen-starved dead zones that cannot sustain life now cover an area approximately the size of Oregon. Dead zones are caused by excess nitrogen from farm fertilizers, factory and vehicle emissions, sewage and other pollution runoff." Humans causing these large, and increasing, dead zones will cause an extreme depletion in sea life. These animals are dying due to human error.
Source for this section: http://www.president.kz/
NAURYZ - a holiday of spring, is the most momentous and ancient festivity of Oriental nations. In fact, it is a New Year's Eve according to the ancient Oriental calendar. It has yet another name "Ulys Kuni"("The first day of the New Year") or "Ulystyn uly kuni" ("The great day of the people").
They say that the more you celebrate the Nauryz holiday, the greater your success throughout the year.
When the holiday comes, Kazakhs put on festive clothes, pay visits to each other, and exchange congratulations, best wishes and good luck in the coming year. The festivities are accompanied by widespread merry-making, games, traditional horse-races, and various other activities.
Traditionally they cook and make all sorts of tasty meals during the holidays, symbolizing well-being and abundance in the coming year. The feast is usually served at noon, and is preceded and followed by a prayer in honor of the fore-fathers. At the conclusion of the feast, the eldest of those present gives his blessings (bata) so that prosperity will be with the family.
When Kazakhs celebrate Nauryz, presence of the number seven is essential - it embodies seven days of the week – the time units of universal eternity. In front of aksakals ("white beards"or old men) they put seven bowls with the drink of "Nauryz-kozhe", prepared of seven grades of seven types of cereals.
BERKUTCHI, or “hunting with a golden eagle,” is a tradition that has been practiced for ten centuries. The Kazakh belief is that presenting a fledgling hunting bird to a boy is tantamount to wishing him to be a brave and strong young fellow.
Training a golden eagle is a rare and painstaking art. The bird just caught (photo at left) is being slowly trained to its master (a berkutchi). The man training the bird doesn't sleep for several nights with the bird being subjected to similar discomfort. First, the bird must take food (pieces of raw meat) from its master's hand only. When the eagle gets used to the hunter, its horse and its dog, it undergoes the next phase of training: first it "hunts" stuffed foxes and only after mastering that will it then proceed with real hunting.