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Borat Movie Outrages Kazakhstan
Posted by alibabarika in Articles on August 5, 2010
While viewers of the new Borat movie are laughing hysterically worldwide there is one country that is certainly not finding the humor. The country of Kazakhstan is outraged and wants somebody to do something. In fact, when President Bush met with the country’s leader to discuss oil Kazakhstan seemed much more concerned about the Borat movie than anything else.
The reason Kazakhs are upset is because they believe that the character in the movie completely misrepresents the society of Kazakhstan and because of this the Kazakh government is demanding action. But, one thing it seems the country is missing is this is just a movie! Anyone who sees the movie will immediately pick up on the fact that it is comedy, not a documentary on the true Kazakh people.
Kazakhstan Landmarks That You Can’t Miss
Posted by alibabarika in Articles on July 22, 2010
Kazakhstan is a country located right in the heart of Eurasia. It’s kind of sandwiched between the two world powers as Russia and China. It also borders three other “Stans” of Central Asia: Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan and moreover shares a common soviet “Russian” history with them.
It’s size by area makes Kazakhstan the ninth largest country in the world and therefore it naturally is the ideal hub for diverse landscape that starts as lowlands in the west (130 meters or about 430 ft below sea level) and ends by a 7 000 meters (approx. 23000 ft) peak in the south east, called Khan Tengri.
Backpacking Information on Kazakhstan
Posted by alibabarika in Articles on July 22, 2010
KAZAKHSTAN
Population: 15.4 million (UN, 2005)
Capital: Astana
Area: 2.7 million sq km (1 million sq miles)
Major languages: Kazakh, Russian
Major religions: Islam, Christianity
Life expectancy: 58 years (men), 69 years (women) (UN)
Monetary unit: 1 Kazakh tenge = 100 tiyn
The Republic of Kazakhstan – a massive Central Asian nation that has been inhabited since the Stone Age, way before time was recorded. The biggest landlocked nation on the planet, Kazakhstan holds unbelievable potential in the tourism industry, with great unknown travel destinations. The world’s orientation to Kazakhstan mainly takes place in History classes, but otherwise, the gigantic country by itself is unheard of to most of us, until Borat Sagdiyev, who, despite his light-hearted perspective of the nation, in essence, did little to promote grandeur of the place. His humorous take on the mystery of Kazakhstan nation was spot on, strangely enough, specifically with his grasp on the restrictions and repression of media, freedom of speech and assembly, the nation being under a dictatorship. Nevertheless, this majestic nation ought to be a centre of world tourism especially for its mystique and mystery just for those who love unchartered territory with a taste of the surprising and the new.