A little bit about stupid superstitions.
Everyone knows our Kazakh belief in the name of “koz tiedi” or in Russian – the evil eye.
Modern educated people still believe in this nonsense. They hide from the prying eyes of their newborns for up to 40 days, smear specks on the foreheads, cling a pin …
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A few years ago my grandmother died of cancer. Before her death she suffered greatly. The pain grew slowly and tormentingly. Therefore, the dose of pain relievers was increased all the time. Finally, the time came when the maximum permissible dose ceased to function. At this point, my grandmother was left alone with all-consuming pain. She tossed on …
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Every year on Kurban Ait hundreds of thousands of Muslims in our country in one day, slaughter thousands of heads of livestock: sheep, horses, and cows.
I have nothing against the rite itself. Its original meaning was to help others, to do good to people. This emphasizes the humanity of Islam.
Nevertheless, have you …
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In each Kazakh family there is a package with gifts on the far shelf in the closet or in the grandmother’s chest. It stores chapan, camisole, scarf or mat (tissue cut).
Nobody can remember where this or that object in this package came from. No one can throw away or use things from this package. They …
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Recently I’ve heard an amazing story from an Italian.
She is 43 years old. A native Milanese. She is active, sociable, works as a salesperson in a store. She speaks several languages. For some reason she did not get married, although she is quite nice and adequate. She has no children. Or, rather, she did not.…
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Do you know how our and their notions of men’s and women’s honor differ?
For us, the man’s honor is measured by whether he can protect himself and his family from external threats. For example, whether he will be able to rebuff the offenders on the street, catch up with the car that cut him, and …
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The son of a Kazakh returned from his studies in England.
Father pestered him with questions. He is very interested in another’s life.
For example, I lived in a family …
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I think that we should have both state cemeteries and private ones.
State cemeteries should be kept at the expense of the budget and provide a minimum level of services free of charge (plot of land for the grave, security and cleaning of the cemetery territory). In the state cemetery, competing with private companies, …
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How do I feel about homosexuality?
It’s hard to explain in a few words.
The first postulate I adhere to is that homosexuality is a deviation from the normal behavior of a biological individual. Nature has established a mechanism for the reproduction of humans through …
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I’m for the construction of crematoriums in Kazakhstan.
To commemorate the deceased is not obligatory grave enough and urns. And cemeteries take up a lot of space and take a lot of human resources (money, time, forces) on a global scale.You need to soberly treated during the development …
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