Living Tradition or National Myth? Kazakh Artist Questions Kazakhstan’s Cultural Memory

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ALMATY – We often believe we understand a culture through its symbols. But can traditions truly be known without living them? Seeking answers beyond archives and history books, Kazakh artist Radina Yassuyeva spent a year living in a yurt on the steppe, experiencing the rhythms, hardships and routines of nomadic life firsthand. Her experience became…

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