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The dynamics of feasting and gift exchange in rural Kazakstanessay 1999 • Werner, Cynthia Ann
Kazakh • Asia > Central Asia
The author examines the resurgence of feasting and gift-giving among Kazak households in the post-Soviet era. She describes in particular one extravagant feast and explains the behavior in mai...Photographsessay 1999 • Finke, Peter et al.
Kazakh • Asia > Central Asia
This article consists in its entirety of photographs taken by Finke, Simonsen, and Werner of Kazakhstan and the Kazak people in their everyday activities....