Fun and festivities in Kazakhstan - celebrations, festivals and cultural events
Both famous, widely adopted holidays and special national celebrations are popular in Kazakhstan. However, even the holidays, which many of us have known since childhood, are celebrated in a peculiar way in Kazakhstan. For example, Kazakh people celebrate New Year twice. The country celebrates the international New Year at night from December 31st to January 1st. March 21-23 is the date for the second New Year. Local people celebrate it after the spring equinox. Quite an interesting fact – both the dates are national celebrations.
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Culinary traditions and authentic cooking methods are important for Kazakh people. That is why there is a festival dedicated to traditional cooking. Toikazan is an annual event that takes place in autumn. During this event, local chefs compete with each other, trying to offer the most delicious traditional Kazakh food. The festival attracts thousands of guests who come to cheer up their favorite contestants, have fun, and, of course, eat delicious food. Indeed, the choice of food is tremendous and always includes such iconic local dishes as Beshbarmak, Baursak, and Kuurdak.
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Starting from 2008, the small village of Kutiha has been hosting a very interesting art festival called Golden Turgusun. Famous Kazakh poet Alexander Egorov, the founder of the festival, was born in this village. This explains such an unusual location of the festival. Despite not a central location, the festival has quickly become popular. Golden Turgusun brings together poets, writers, songwriters, painters, photographers, craftsmen, and artisans specializing in folk styles. Among patrons of the festival, there are Kazakhstan’s famous museums and authorities.
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