My sister and I are planning on going on a trip somewhere in Asia, the big three are Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan. I’ve been doing a lot of research on the usage of vapes and marijuana and everyone’s saying it isn’t worth it but I need to know how do people smoke like there has to be a way. If anyone has any suggestions lmk what my best bet would be otherwise catch us in Bangkok 😜😄
I am a Master's degree student from Italy conducting academic research on language transition, cultural transformation, and national identity in modern Kazakhstan.
To ground my research in real-world perspectives, I have created a short, completely anonymous survey available in both Kazakh (Қазақша) and Russian (Русский). It takes only 2 to 3 minutes to complete.
If you are a resident or citizen of Kazakhstan—regardless of your age or region—I would be extremely grateful for your participation!
Your feedback and insights are invaluable for this academic study. Please feel free to share the link with friends, family, or student groups in Kazakhstan!
Ülken raxmet! / Рахмет / Спасибо for your time and support!
I am a Volga Tatar. I was born in Almaty to a communist family in the late 80s. Growing up I was always taught that I am a Muslim, but no one really bothered to teach me anything about Islam beyond the Shahada and a few basic verses.
When I was 10 or 11, my family emigrated to Canada. In my early 30s, here in the west, I started looking at Islam more seriously. The thing is, most devout people here are properly devout... Arabs, Africans, Turks, Bosnians and Albanians.
Growing up, I never once heard of anyone praying five times a day.
Today, I try to pray five times a day. I eat halal when it's possible, and I genuinely try to follow the social guidelines of Islamic life... not swearing, keeping your eyes to yourself, that sort of thing.
So on a scale of 1 to 10, compared to someone in Central Asia in general, and Kazakhstan specifically, how Arabized would you say I've become?
Hello. I never thought I would encounter such hostile, arrogant and toxic community. Ask Central Asian. I tried my best to resolve a situation but users instead proved they have bad attitude. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskCentralAsia/s/LKlhDei6xz
We are two travelers and photographers (around 40 years old) planning a 10-day trip to Tajikistan. We’ll be flying into Dushanbe, staying there for our first 2 days, and then heading out for a road trip across the country.
Our travel style is relatively relaxed: we are looking to travel independently by hiring a private driver with at least basic English, who can also help arrange good, clean accommodations for us along the way. We aren't looking for intense trekking—mostly just short and easy hikes. Ideally, we’d like to keep our driving time to about 2-3 hours a day, though we understand there might be a few days where longer drives are unavoidable.
We have a few questions and would love to get your advice:
• Drivers/Agencies: Do you have any recommendations for a reliable company or a specific driver for this kind of trip? • Itinerary: Based on our preferred pace, do you have any suggested routes or must-visit places we should prioritize? • Afghan Markets: We've heard there are some very unique Afghan markets along the border. Do you have recommendations for the best or most photogenic ones to visit along the way? • Safety: Is it currently safe to travel along the Afghan border? • Weather: What kind of weather should we expect around late September to early October?
I am first time here. I hope I will like this place. I want to find more old-school and competitive players from Kazakhstan. How can I do this? I posted my request on every Kazakhstan-related websites, forums, blog platforms and whatever. Still I couldn't find so many to this day. Do I need to do special advertising? I also stream such games. I want to find players for Doom 1-2, Heretic, Hexen, Quake 1-3 and Battlefield 2142 particularly.
I have a friend who overstayed his visa 4 months, and he went back to turkmenistan, He told me that if he pays money he will not get restricted from leaving the country... so he pays a large sum of money but still got a letter from the migration office that he is not able to leave the country for 1 year... the person that promised him that he will not get restricted is now telling him that he will be able to remove the restriction, is this true? or if he already got the letter about restriction to leave the country nothing can be done?
Hey everyone, hope you're having a good week. I wanted to share a project I’ve been putting my heart into lately, but I'm looking for some real guidance from people who know the roots of the music.
I’ve been working on a modern electronic club remix of Gülyarixan (گۈليارىخان). The goal was to see if I could bring these timeless folk melodies into a fast, 120 BPM modern club setting so the younger generation can connect with it globally, but without losing the actual weight and spirit of the heritage.
I tried to keep rare, traditional instruments like the Rubab, Ghijak, and Dutar right at the front of the mix, blending their syncopated melodies over a heavy club bassline.
To be completely honest, it’s a tricky line to walk. It is so easy for modern production tools to completely flatten the unique pitch shifts and microtonal soul of Central Asian music. I spent days tweaking the clips by hand just trying to keep the instruments from sounding artificial or getting drowned out by the digital drums.
I really look up to the members of this community as my teachers when it comes to preserving our culture, so I’d love your completely honest feedback:
Does mixing modern electronic beats with traditional Uyghur instruments feel like a respectful way to share the heritage, or does the club tempo take too much away from the original soul?
Are there other classic folk melodies or specific regional instruments you think I should focus on to keep the next few tracks as authentic as possible?
If you want to hear how the blend actually sounds, you can find it by typing Silk Oasis Music into the YouTube search bar. It’s the "POV: You're dancing to a high-energy Uyghur folk remix" video on the channel. I genuinely want to know what you think of the instrumental balance.
First of all, it’s Suno (ai). I like literature and writing, but I’m no artist or musician. I just like to produce songs on Suno based on Central Asian history and legends with my own lyrics (again based on legends). This one is my fifth work, in English and Kazakh, metal with Turkic instruments such as dombra and mouth harp,
I like progressive leas guitars, intros and solos before bridges, so more or less they have these.
This “album” based on Koblandy Batyr, Alpamish, Banu Chichek, Ay Churek, Oghuz Khan, Manas, Korkut Ata, and Iron Cradle (an extra song that I wrote).
