Kazak yurts in summer pasture, Altay Mountains, northeast Xinjiang, China, Asia

Kazak yurts in the summer in the Altay mountains, NE Xinjiang, China, Asia

Kazak cooking bread, Tianshan, Xinjiang, China, Asia

Kazak woman on horseback beside a yurt in the Altay mountains, north east Xinjiang, China, Asia

Kazak woman making felts, Tienshan, Xinjiang, China, Asia

Horse meat sausage with garlic rolled on wooden cutting board

Eagle Hunter, Bayan-Olgii Province, Mongolia, Asia

Young Kazakh woman, Kazakh ethnographic village aul Gunny, Talgar, Almaty, Kazakhstan, Asia

Man on an upright horse, Kazakh ethnographic village aul Gunny, Talgar, Almaty, Kazakhstan, Asia

Kazakh man singing and playing the dombra for a woman, Kazakh ethnographic village aul Gunny, Talgar, Almaty, Kazakhstan, Asia

Kazakh yurt under milky way. Bayan-Ulgii province. Mongolia

Yurt of eagle hunter Bashakhan Spai at night, starry sky over Kisil Char, Olgii, Mongolia, Asia

Jamalgan, woman of eagle hunter Bashakhan Spai, cleans the intestines and stomach of a slaughtered goat, Kisil Char, Olgii, Mongolia, Asia

Festival of eagle hunters in Olgii Province, about 20 km from the provincial capital, where different methods of hunting are demonstrated and evaluated, as well as equestrian games and riding new mounts, Kisil Char, Olgii, Mongolia, Asia

Kazakh men putting up a yurt, Sati village, Tien Shan Mountains, Kazakhstan, Asia

Aktau sandstone cliffs and promenade, Aktau, Caspian sea, Kazakhstan, Asia

Traditional Kyrgyz eagle hunter with eagle in the mountains, near Kysyl-Suu, Kyrgyzstan, Asia

Traditional Kyrgyz eagle hunter with eagle in the mountains, near Kysyl-Suu, Kyrgyzstan, Asia

Aral sign, Aralsk, Aral lake, Kazakhstan, Asia

Aerial of the Charyn canyon, Tian shan mountains, Kazakhstan, Asia

Road leading in the Tian Shan mountains, Taraz, Kazakhstan, Asia

Monument at the entrance of Semey formerly, Semipalatinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan

Aerial of Aktau, Caspian sea, Kazakhstan, Asia

MIG monument, Aktau, Caspian sea, Kazakhstan, Asia

Kazakh man, shepherd on horseback, with his flock of sheep, hills and steppe landscape, near Almaty, Kazakhstan, Asia

Aral sign, Aralsk, Aral lake, Kazakhstan, Asia

Taraz Akimat City Hall with Statue of Baydibek Batyr Riding a Horse, Taraz, Kazakhstan, Asia

Taraz Akimat City Hall with Statue of Baydibek Batyr Riding a Horse, Taraz, Kazakhstan, Asia

Hunting utensils by eagle hunter Bashakhan Spai, fur bag, Kazakh knife, bones to curl the eagle, Kisil Char, Olgii, Mongolia, Asia

Serikzhan, son of eagle hunter Bashakhan Spai, tries to scare a fox from its hiding place, Kisil Char, Olgii, Mongolia, Asia

Aktau sandstone cliffs and promenade, Aktau, Caspian sea, Kazakhstan, Asia

Mongol monument in the steppe of eastern Kazakhstan

Kazakh men putting up a yurt, Sati village, Tien Shan Mountains, Kazakhstan, Asia

Mausoleum in Saray-Juek ancient settlement, Atyrau, Kazakhstan, Asia

Abaya mosque, Semey formerly, Semipalatinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan

Kazakh men putting up a yurt, Sati village, Tien Shan Mountains, Kazakhstan, Asia

Giant feast for breaking the fast, Imangali Mosque, Atyrau, Caspean sea, Kazakhstan, Asia

Bibi Aisha mausoleum, Taraz, Kazakhstan, Asia

Abaya mosque, Semey formerly, Semipalatinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan

Eagle hunter Bashakhan spies with the eagle female Paimas in the valley for foxes, Kisil Czar, Olgii, Mongolia, Asia

Bibi Aisha mausoleum, Taraz, Kazakhstan, Asia

Jurt in Saray-Juek ancient settlement, Atyrau, Kazakhstan, Asia

Monument to Zhalau Mynbayev, Aktau, Caspian sea, Kazakhstan, Asia

Kazakh Khanate monument, Taraz, Kazakhstan, Asia

Bibi Aisha mausoleum, Taraz, Kazakhstan, Asia

Igory Kurchatov monument, Kurchatov, fomer headquarter of the Semipalatinsk Polygon, Kazakhstan, Asia

Bibi Aisha mausoleum, Taraz, Kazakhstan, Asia

Kazakh Khanate monument, Taraz, Kazakhstan, Asia

Senior Kazak woman smiling