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Banquet table
On the table, melons, watermelons, sweets, biscuits, fried bread (boorsock), pyramids of sangza (a Uighur speciality of fried noodles) and, of course, bowls of tea. Behind the… [...]
Harvesting cotton
‘You can still hear the birds singing, the gentle sound of water in the stream, and sometimes the happy laughter of the women. They are pickers in the cotton… [...]
Chaihona Rohat
Tajik men enjoy a meal at Chaihona Rohat, an iconic teahouse on Dushanbe‘s Rudaki Avenue. A Soviet-era rendition of a traditional Tajik design, Rohat was saved from… [...]
the Aksu gorges
Turquoise-blue waters flow down the gorges carved out by the River Aksu. The Aksu River cuts a deep path through the mountains of the Aksu-Zhabagly nature reserve… [...]
Farm and mountains
In a small village of Bulun’gur district, the owners of a farm welcome their visitors at the beginning of Zerafshan mountain range. Under a blinding sun, the… [...]
Alpine cheese
Kurut, a dry, salty cheese, dries after being formed into balls by the little hands of the children at the Köl-Suu yurt camp. To find out… [...]
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A respectful welcome
In front of his yurt set up for the summer in the province of Khorgos, on the border between China and Kazakhstan, the owner welcomes a guest… [...]
Alexsander’s lake
View of turquoise-blue Lake Iskanderkul in western Tajikistan. Legend has it that Alexander the Great’s horse drowned here. However, it could not have been Bucephalus, Alexander’s famous horse,… [...]
A dip in the Issyk-Kul
Everyone bathes as they please in the Issyk-Kul! Credits : Simone Bergonzi (@simobergz, Italy) Find all of our photos of… [...]
Novastan photo contest 2024
Novastan is launching its second photo competition on the theme of ‘Frame the Joy’! Post your best shot and win a year’s subscription to our media. How to… [...]
The Astana games
The Paris Olympic Games have just come to an end, and everyone still has some vivid images of them. The BMX events on Place de la Concorde,… [...]