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Zhailau 2010, Kazakh Heritage Camp for Families, July 26 – 31, 2010

Download details of Zhailau 2010 (PDF)

Download registration forms for Zhailau 2010 (PDF)

 

 

PAST AUL EVENTS

 

Zhailau 2009

Kazakh Heritage Camp for Families

July 20-25, 2009

New Hampshire

Zhailau 2008

Kazakh Heritage Camp for Families

July 21-26, 2008

Moultonborough, New Hampshire

 

·       Performances and intimate music workshops will be conducted inside the yurt. Aizhan Tuleubayeva and the Trio Nazim will perform and teach using Qobiz, Sherter, and Dombra.

·        Dombra lessons will be led by Samal from Trio Nazim.

·        Kazakh craft workshops will once again be led by artist Assylgul Baidaralina

·        Kazakh dance performances and lessons: Karlygash Bukenova will be performing and teaching traditional dance to older children. Gulsaya Tuleubayeva will once again teach dance for the younger children.

·        Kazakh Traditional Tolghau Hour (listening to meditative music) inside the yurt, hosted by Daniyar with (NEW!) live Kazakh Music from Aizhan & Trio Nazim.

·        NEW! Brief course of Kazakh history, by Daniyar inside the yurt. For the first time Daniyar will walk you through the history of Kazakhstan from ancient times to modern days.

·        Talk on contemporary Kazakhstan by Daniyar.

·        NEW! Birds of prey demonstration.

·        And more…..

 

ZHAILAU 2007

Kazakh Heritage Camp for Families

July 23-28, 2007

Moultonborough, New Hampshire

 

To get a sense of what Zhailau Kazakh Heritage Camp for Families is like, we invite you to view memories of Zhailau 2006

 

 

New York City Aul Festival

Sunday, May 6, 2007, 1 - 4 p.m.

The Kazakh Aul of the U.S. held its first ever NYC festival for the Kazakh community in lower Manhattan on Sunday May 6, 2007, and featured the following performances and fun activities: 

  • Traditional Kazakh dance performances by Gulsaya Tuleubayeva and Gulasyl Tleugazy , plus students from Rhode Island
  • Kobyz and dombra performances
  • Kazakh storytelling and skits
  • Kazakh dance instruction
  • Crafts and games for children
  • Delicious Kazakh food

 

 

Nauryz Festival 2007

Celebration of the Kazakh New Year

        March 24, 2007

        Arlington, Massachusetts

  • Assylgul Dalabayeva came from Almaty and performed on the dombra, a traditional two-stringed instrument

  • Gulsaya Tuleubayeva  performed a traditional dance

  • Daniyar and Bakhtiyar Baidaralin performed the ancient nomadic Nauryz dance of the Light and Dark spirits

  • Two of Vera Kurmasheva’s Rhode Island dance students performed a Kazakh "ballet."

 

 

Zhailau 2006

Kazakh Heritage Camp for Families

        August 12-18, 2006

         Moultonborough, NH

 

 

Nauryz Festival 2006

March 26, 2006

        Arlington, Massachusetts

 

 

Zhailau 2005

August 5-7, 2005

        Pine Point School & Dennison

            Pequotsepos Nature Refuge

        Stonington, CT

        Photos of this event follow below

 

Daniyar Baidaralin leads the Aul in procession around the yurt and then conducts a traditional nomadic stone ceremony. Photos courtesy of Susannah Snowden of the Westerly Sun.

 

Andrew Gogolin investigates the yurt, under the shadow of the Shanyrak. Daniyar Bai-           The O'Toole Family relax in the yurt. From left, Kairat, Heather, Pat, and Alina.  Photo

daralin and Mom Pam Gogolin are in the background. Photo courtesy of Dmitry Krieger.      courtesy of Susan Saxon.

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NAURYZ FESTIVAL, 2005

April 3, 2005

        Massachusetts Audubon Society's Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary

        Topsfield, MA

The traditional nomadic dance of the light and dark spirits which symbolizes and                  Young members of the Aul: Darya Updegraph, Diana Tackabury, Alina and Kairat

celebrates the arrival of spring. Performed by Bakhtiyar Baidaralin (left) and Daniyar            O'Toole, Sara Remmler, and Alina Wood. Photo courtesy of Susan Saxon.

Baidaralin (right). Photo courtesy of Michelle Menard.

          

Aul members work together to raise the yurt. Photo courtesy of Susan Saxon.                     People gather inside the yurt to listen to a presentation on  nomadic culture

                                                                                                                                                                  by Daniyar Baidaralin. Photo courtesy of Michelle Menard.

 

 

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