Horsemen tussling over goat carcasses, arrows flying across the steppe, titans hoisting logs aloft in feats of endurance. Such are the scenes as Astana – usually a staid city inhabited by ...

Amid the struggles of Kazakhstan’s Uyghur community to preserve cultural traditions, weddings have endured as one of the few institutions capable of fostering social cohesion. They now create ...

Driving east out of Almaty, skyscrapers and American-style malls gradually give way to modest apartment blocks, unassuming mom-and-pop shops, and greasy-spoon restaurants. But every summer, the ...