Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Task 8 Version 2 Topic 2: You are a foreign journalist, recently visiting Kazakhstan. You would like to write an article about this country in your professional blog.



Include the following information in your article:
  • ·         People in Kazakhstan
  • ·         Kazakh traditions
  • ·         Traditional clothes
  • ·         Traditional food, etc.
  • ·         Personal recommendations

Write 150-180

7 comments:

  1. Good afternoon, dear visitors and readers of my blog. With you is Alicia and hello from wonderful Kazakhstan.
    A few days ago I decided to visit Kazakhstan which is located in the center of Asia and I am very happy to be here. This country is far away from Great Britain, despite this fact I recommend everybody to visit this young country.
    Kazakhs are famous with their hospitality. People are really friendly and open hearted. In 22th of March, as like other countries of Asia Kazakhs celebrate the ancient celebration of Nauryz. However they start to prepare two weeks before it. When I was here I saw a lot of beautiful places such as Almaty with my friends Aizhan and Samat. I asked some questions about their traditions, culture and history. The answers surprised me, because there are a lot of traditions and beautiful customs. Moreover, Kazakh history is rich too, because it was full of fights, wars and independence was achived in difficult way. However, nowadays you can visit modern Kazakhstan which will take a place in your hearts. I have tasted Kazakh traditional foods and drinks and wore traditional clothes. They are unusual and everything I have touched has its own meaning and history. Of course, you can see the differences between our clothes, but Kazakhs respect them and wear with a straighten head. In addition, in Kazakhstan approximately 130 nationalities and each of them respect others. In my humble opinion, everybody needs to visit Kazakhstan once in their lifetime. Do not worry, you will find a place in this big country and Kazakhs will meet you with warm hugs.
    If you have an opportunity or cannot choose where go to rest, I recommend you Kazakhstan. Photos from the travel are in my blog’s gallery. Thank you.

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    1. Dear Freya,
      Thank you for your wonderful essay. Please, take into consideration the following suggestions:
      *On March 22nd
      * as like other countries of Asia Kazakhs celebrate the ancient celebration of Nauryz. should be: like (without "as") other countries of Central Asia Kazakhstanies (the word "Kazakhstanies" include not only Kazakhs but also all ethnicities in Kazakhstan)
      * answer=response You may say: Their responses surprised...


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  2. Wonderful Kazakh nationality
    Hello, dear guests of my blog! Every nationality has its own significance and unique culture, which can instantly discern a feature of this society. Therefore, I have visited the extraordinary country – Kazakhstan. Today, I would like to include all information that I found out, in this article. Moreover, perhaps you already have predicted what my post will be about. In general, I am going to talk about amazing aspects of the Kazakh nationality.
    • People in Kazakhstan.
    During the time when I was in Kazakhstan, firstly, I noticed a very kind and respectful relationship between people. If only I could describe the wonderful people of this nation. I was amazed by their open-heartedness and thoughtfulness, when I got off a plane. Actually, I did not expect such a warm relationship to guests. Therefore, I can say with the confidence that people of this country have huge hearts and kind souls. I wish you could come to this place, and feel the positive energy of local people.
    • Kazakh traditions.
    In Kazakhstan, tradition is one of the most beautiful ideologies that has been created and experienced by living and loving people. According to their words, it is one of the few practices that have remained from their ancestors. Furthermore, here the word tradition is considered as a heritage, which combines all valuable memories and history of Kazakhstan. One of the most fascinating traditions is a “Nauryz” event celebration. At this time, people have a special soup, which combines 7 various food ingredients. Now, in a spring there are already preparations and plans to celebrate this substantial event in the lives of Kazakh people.
    • Traditional clothes.
    Nowadays, Kazakh people do not wear traditional clothes. However, they really show their respect to these clothes. In addition, some of them wear “kamzol” – a special jacket to events called “toi”.
    • Traditional food.
    In Kazakhstan the official traditional food that has remained is “beshbarmak”. This word means five hands, according to that people eat their traditional food – a meat with five hands.

    To sum up, after my trip to colorful Kazakhstan I found out that traditions are inseparable part of our life. Moreover, due to it is a valuable and national heritage of the each country.

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  3. Hello everybody. I have not on this blog for a long time. I have a very good reason. I was going to Kazakhstan or the Heart of Asia. The country is one of the biggest countries in the world. Kazakhstan is really beautiful country with rich history and customs. I liked the environment and the mountains. The mountains are everywhere.
    I would like to speak about Kazakh people. People are very kind, one man gave me a bunch of flowers. I did not feel uncomfortable, because the time that I spent in Kazakhstan was full of funny moments and laughs. No matter where you came from, they will take care of you like their own daughter or son. Kazakh people speak in two languages: Kazakh and Russian. However, the majority of the people speak with me in English.
    Traditions in Kazakhstan. Oh, it was the best part of my vacation. Traditions in Kazakhstan are full of funny moments, food, laughs and presents. When I was in Kazakhstan, I went with my Kazakh family to toi (wedding in English). No, it is not just a wedding . Before the toi we had 4 celebrations : Betashar , Kudalyk and etc. It was the biggest toi, oh , no not just toi or wedding, celebration in my life 400-600 people were on toi. Just think 400- 600 people. These people did not pay attention that I was from another country. We were dancing , singing a lot f songs. After these 5-7 celebrations, I felt that I was full of food and kymyz. Furthermore I liked their clothes, it is not just clothes with pictures. These clothes were very beautiful and they gave me these clothes as their gift. In ordinary life , they wear ordinary clothes like us, however when they go to the celebrations they training to wear their best clothes from the wardrobe.
    I was in Kazakhstan for one week and I did not try half the dishes of Kazakh people because people have very rich kinds of dishes and food. I tried Beshparmak – the traditional food, Kuyrdak, Shorpo and etc. I would like to describe Beshparmak – it is a traditional dish with much meat. I apply my own fingers to eat it, because Kazakh’s ancestors ate the Beshparmak. It was very delicious and I can say that I could not cook like Kazakh women.
    In conclusion , I would like to say that Kazakhstan is the best country with brilliant people in the world. If I had a choice to live anywhere that I want , I would choose Kazakhstan .
    Thank you my dear friends for reading my blogs.
    Don’t forget to share with your friends and to comment .
    Your Melissa Philipkyzy.

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  4. Kazakhstan is an interesting country with a big history, individual culture and beautiful tradition. It`s my favorite country.
    The people of Kazakhstan are famous for their hospitality. You can go to every house and people will welcome you like a brother, because it`s in our history. The majority the population worked with livestock and so they had to her are another to survive.
    Moreover they have a traditional dress called “Konakasy”, it`s when you meeting guest. People who bring guests to the have must make “Dastarhan”, it`s when you place a lot of traditional food on the table.
    The main dish for the Kazakh it`s “Beshparmak”. This a meal just where meat is placed on dough , sometimes you can replace the dough with potato.
    The main traditional clothes it`s “Shapan”. This clothes love usually old people. Now the people who wearing “Shapan” increase, because it`s a symbol of status.
    I think it`s right. We must restore our tradition, because if we don`t do this no one do this.

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  5. Recently, I was in Kazakhstan. I am of the view that people in Kazakhstan are very positive, they are always taking care of foreign people, giving help to foreign people if they need it. In my opinion it is good when the person is friendly, it shows the culture of the Kazakh people as a nation. I liked people in this country.
    While I was in Kazakhstan, I discovered new things about their traditions. There was one tradition that I liked more, it’s called “Konakasy”. When I was a guest, people did many good things for me. Firstly, they gave me the main place at the center of the table, they called this “Dastarhan”, and they told me that if a person came to their house as a guest, this person will take a main place in the house. This information honestly shocked me because I didn’t know that people in Kazakhstan were so kind.
    Secondly, there people presented me with their traditional clothes, I liked their clothes too because they displayed many different symbols or as the Kazakh people call it ‘ornaments’. I understood that symbols were their national adornments. I liked the yellow color. It looks like the sun on their clothes
    Thirdly, there people gave me their traditional food; it was “beshparmak” and “bauirsak”. It was so tasty. I drank “ayran” too. Furthermore, I liked it very much. Before this visit to Kazakhstan I had never heard of this food.
    After my trip to Kazakhstan, my view point about this country is totally different. I understood that the mentality of this country very well, people are very positive, punctual and friendly. I liked that they have preserved their tradition and culture. Moreover, I recommend you to visit this country and take away more information about this interesting nation.

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  6. Hello,everyone. Recently I visited one of the youngest countries in the world-Kazakhstan. I had heard a lot about that country. And at last I get a chance to visit such a wonderful country through my work.
    Firstly, I noticed an special behaviour of Kazakh people. We all know that in West European countries it is not common to visit someone without invitation. However, if we do that in Kazakhstan, hosts will set the table and treat us like a "Kudayi konak", which means a "special guest". So it shows their hospitality.
    Secondly, I was surprised by kazakh traditions. I really liked the way of their celebration of "Nauryz". All people were happy and with a good mood. It made me happy,too. Girls and boys put on their traditional clothes,such as "kimeshek", "shapan" , "saukele" and "borik". They even dressed me. The dress was really beautiful. Girls in those clothes were like beautiful Flowers and boys like their heroes. I tasted lots of traditional food. Especially, "beshbarmak" was delicious. I really liked that atmosphere.
    In conclusion, it was a really big experience for me and I am planning to go to Kazakstan again.

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