Презентация на тему Speaking about Kazakhstan 8 grade

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Central Asia. The area of Kazakhstan is 2 753 000 square

kilometers. Its population is about 16 million. The population lives mostly in towns and cities and large villages. The largest cities are Almaty, Karaganda, Shimkent,Pavlodar and Astana. Astana is the capital of the Republic. Astana is sutuated in the central part of the country. Kazakh is the official language of the country, but it is not the only language which people speak in the country.

Asia. It extends some 1900 kilometres from the Volga

River in the West to the Altai Mountains in the East and about 1300 kilometres from the Siberia plain in the North to the Central Asia deserts in the South. Kazakhstan borders China, Russia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Kirgizia. There is a long border coast line on the Caspian sea in the Southwest.

Kazakhstan. The four rivers are the main resources of

water in the country. They are Ertis in the east, Syr-Darya in the southwest, illi in the southeast and Ural in the northwest of the country. The largest lakes are Balhash, Zaisan, Ala-Kol and Tengis.

Rivers and lakes

It is cold in winter and hot in summer.

Rain usually falls in spring and autumn. Snow falls in all areas but not at the same time. In the south snow falls in October or November, in the north it falls as a rule in September or October. Sudden cold winds and snowfalls in winter often cause troubles for people. In spring green grass and flowers of different colours cover flat lands and hills.

participants in this game. The girl on the horse

does her best to gallop from the young man but as soon as the tries to overtake her she lashes him whip. If up to a certain place –the boy fails to overtake her, she would ‘reward’ him with whipping again. If he is a success he earns a kiss.

Kokpar
In addition to traditional horse-races during festivals the game kokpar was usually played. One of the horse-riders with a goat’s carcass in his hand faced far ahead. Other participants in the game followed him. A champion to be had to have a quick horse to catch up with the jigit with the goat’s carcass. He would snatch the carcass and slip out his pursuers’ hands to finish first. He had to be a skillfull and experienced horse-rider.

Audaryspak
Audaryspak is a national sport which requires skills both in hand to hand fighting and in trick riding. In fact two men fight while on horse-back. Wins the one that brings his adversary down of his horse.

the ceremony of uncovering bride’s face. A bride, her

face covered with a veil, is introduced to her bridegroom’s relative. The toast-master of the festival, usually an akyn, introduces all the guests to the bride. The girl has to bow to her future relatives, and they, in their turn, put money on tray before her feet as the toast-master’s reward for his work. Any of the bride’s relatives may express his wishes to the bride.

Hobbles cutting
When a baby begins to walk, he undergoes another ancient rite- the hobbles cutting. A hobble of rope round a child’s legs is tied. It looks like a figure-of-eight. The child has to make a few steps and then the hobbles are cut with a knife by the most respected guest , one whose life is a worthy example. By cutting the hobbles he blesses the baby to go through his own life more successfully.