Switzerland-Kazakhstan Switzerland is a federation of twenty-six

Switzerland-Kazakhstan

Switzerland is a federation of twenty-six states called cantons (six are considered half cantons). There are four linguistic regions: Germanspeaking (in the north, center, and east), Frenchspeaking (in the west), Italian -speaking (in the south), and Romansh-speaking (a small area in the southeast). This diversity makes the question of a national culture a recurring issue. The Republic of Kazakhstan is a unitary state with a presidential form of government. According to the Constitution, the state proclaims itself a democratic, secular, legal and social state whose highest values are an individual, his life, rights and freedoms. Kazakhstan gained independence on December 16, 1991. The capital is the city of Astana. The state language is Kazakh. The Russian language has the status of a language of interethnic communication. Monetary unit - tenge.

Swiss Folk Music • It is no longer possible to determine exactly where folk music starts and ends - music has become such an everyday matter of course that the boundaries of the individual areas are now largely blurred. Swiss folk music is more of a collective imagination that includes such phenomena as alphorn music, Ländler music, and yodeling. The world of Swiss folk music also includes folk singers from Ticino, choirs from Western Switzerland songwriters from Bern.

Kazakh dance An immense musical folk-lore underlies many operas, ballets and symphonies. A folk dance and ballet have gradually developed and gained the right for existence. Well-known is the "Young Ballet of Almaty" ensemble (directed by B. Ayukhanov); and graduates of a choreographic school (founded in 1943) were winners at various world competitions. Today many of them work in different countries. Among famous choreographers, teachers and ballet dancers are the following: Z. Raibaev, B. Ayukhanov, Zh. Baidaralin, U. Mirseidov, B. Tleubaev, G. Tutkibaeva, L. Alpieva. Almaty hosts an international ballet festival "Prize of Tradition" with many world ballet stars as jury members and honored guests: Yu. Grogorovich, V. Vasilyev, M. Plisetskaya and others. The repertoire of the Academic Opera and Ballet Theater includes both classical and contemporary performances. Kazakh and other folk dances are represented in the State dance ensemble "Saltanat". Likewise, many national cultural centers have their dance groups.

Folk art of Switzerland

Swiss games • Flag throwing is a magnificent spectacle, which, when accompanied by folkloric sounds, is one of the most solemn and reverent moments of a folk festival. • Schwingen - the Swiss form of wrestling - is very popular in Switzerland. In fact, in recent times it has experienced an upsurge.

Traditional clothes The Kazakh traditional costume reached the present days in its most typical form. Like any other folk clothes it perfected under the influence of the surroundings and conditions of nomadic life in steppes with strong winds, summer baking sun and winter frosts. But each period dictates its conditions. And today only during festivals you can see people in traditional dress. Especially beautiful is a wedding attire of a bride with a sharply pointed head wear (saukele). Men and children often wear a special type of head wear - takia. An honored guest - a man - is usually presented with a dressing gown (shapan) and a hat of white felt (kalpak).

Kazakh traditional food The traditional Kazakh food revolve around mutton and horse-beef as well as sour-milk products which are closely associated with nomadic way of life. The main dishes of the Kazakh cuisine are as follows: cooked mutton and horse-beef (beshbarmak), kuyrdak (fried mutton pluck), horse-beef delicatessen (chuzhuk, kazy, zhal, zhaya), sheep's milk and its products (aimak, katyk, kurt, irimshik) and mare's milk (kumys). Appearance of flour in the Kazakh diet renewed the traditional dish - beshbarmak, which began to be served with large pieces of rolled dough. Other dishes appeared, like kuimak, kattama, oima - puff flat cakes fried in oil with cream; baursaki - pieces of dough fried in oil. The Kazakh cuisine is also remarkable for tasty Kazakh plov (pilaf) cooked of rice and mutton. And, of course, no feast goes without strong and tasty creamed tea.

Food in Switzerland Fondue in Switzerland may seem clichéd, but it is indelibly woven into the country’s fabric. For centuries, Swiss living in the mountains relied on fondue as a way to use bread and cheese during colder months. Today, it is a must-have for any local or visitor to the country from autumn to spring. Dunk rustic country bread into melted cheeses (opt for a moitie-moitie of gruyere and vacheron), infused with lashings of wine and garlic, bubbly over an open flame. Pair yours with white wine and chase it with schnapps or tea for an epic winter meal.