Modern Identity

Modern identity is influenced by many things. While folklore is often still deeply embedded to most cultures and faith can play a large role in social and individual identity, both are expressed in the modern world, where reactions to more recent national history, such as WWII, and reaction to the increasingly global world of ideas also have strong cultural influences.

April 17, 2018

Interview with Patriotic Music Professor in Bishkek

If you want to better understand a country’s government, study its culture. (Если хочешь ближе узнать историю государства, изучай его культурe.) In that spirit, I sat down with one of Kyrgyzstan’s top experts on the most important spheres of Kyrgyz national culture — the art of storytelling. Duishaliev Kamchibek Sharshenovich is a charming music professor […]

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Poles on Poland

Моя Россия 8: Москва глазами россиян, Россия глазами москвичей

Моя Россия 3: Поехали в Санкт-Петербург, культурную столицу

Kyrgyz Horse Games – a Day Trip from Bishkek

Моя Россия 1: Гости и приезжающиe

OIMO Festival in Bishkek

A Chechen Journalist on the Chechen Diaspora in Kyrgyzstan and Being Chechen Today

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