Days of Pavlodar region in Astana

The exhibition “Irtysh – the kimak’s river” was opened in Astana within the Days of Culture of Pavlodar region in Astana. The Pavlodar local history museum of Potanin presented the unique exhibit – the headrail “bokka” of XIII – XIV centuries.

“It was found in 1959 by the well-known Kazakh archeologist, Firaya Arslanova. This exhibit, made of the thin silver plate, belongs to the time of the Kimak Kaganate. There are no analogues to this exhibit in the Kazakhstan museums. Pavlodar craftsmen organized the fair and master classes in forging of metal, shaving hides in preparing leather and carving wood”, the workers of the museum told.

“Astana citizens always wait for Pavlodar residents. Our region is especially famous for woodcarving, so there are a lot of people around the masters working with wood”, the director of the Pavlodar local history museum Gulnar Nurakhmetova siad.

Among those, who visited the ethnoaul on that day, there was the guest from Holland Robert Fenhooren. The foreigner came to Astana friends and wanted to see the yurt city and was delighted by the Kazakh national cuisine.

“I understood three things: Pavlodar people dance well, sing and cook perfect. Today I have tasted a baursak for the first time” the guest noted.

In addition, a concert took place in the ethnoaul. The creative groups of Pavlodar region performed there. Kazaksha kures and asyk atu tournaments were organized there as well.