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One country but… (My trip to Tajikistan Part 2)   

After uploading some photos from the Tajikistan trip to Facebook, I was immediately asked if all of those pics were taken in one country. Indeed, the photos give you a variety of different landscapes as a beautiful view (a sort of remote and lonely beauty) of the Pamir region with its mountains, lakes& rivers (sometimes very swift!), or a majestic view of an ancient fortress in Hissar, where you will find yourself surrounded by 16-17th century architecture, or a giant sleeping Buddha (6m!),or some pastures with grazing yaks (ヤク, well adapted to high altitudes and harsh climate of the East Pamir) and a small settlement of a single kyrgyz yurt (移動式テント小屋).

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Murgab, Tajikistan. 2011

Yurts. I am often asked if Kazakhs still live in yurts  Yurt is a transportable dwelling of nomads in Central Asia and Mongolia. It is called by different names in different languages, e.g. in Kazakh – kiiz üi, in Mongolian- ger (probably, the Mongolian version is the most commonly used in Japan ゲル), in Russian – yurta, in Chinese – 包 (蒙古包,毡包). Nowadays, very few Kazakhs live in yurts. However, yurts are still widely used in national celebrations, reminding people their nomadic past.

To be continued…

Assel (Kazakhstan)

by chitchatcafe | 2011-05-11 18:10 | 札幌 英会話 サークル

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