{"id":4365,"date":"2014-11-11T15:36:46","date_gmt":"2014-11-11T06:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/?p=4365"},"modified":"2016-01-16T16:30:20","modified_gmt":"2016-01-16T07:30:20","slug":"icc-kazakhstan-festival-central-asias-undiscovered-treasure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/news\/2014\/11\/11\/4365\/","title":{"rendered":"ICC Kazakhstan Festival &#8211; Central Asia&#8217;s Undiscovered Treasure &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/River-Plains-for-web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4369\" alt=\"River-Plains-for-web\" src=\"http:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/River-Plains-for-web.jpg\" width=\"314\" height=\"209\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Date &amp; Time<br \/>\nNov. 11th (Tue), 2014. 6:15-7:45pm(Doors open 5:55pm)*Partial Participation OK<\/li>\n<li>Place<br \/>\nOkuma Garden House (1F, Bldg. 25)<\/li>\n<li>Eligibility<br \/>\nWaseda students, faculty, staff &amp; the general public<\/li>\n<li>Registration<br \/>\nNot required (Seating for 80\/standing room available)<\/li>\n<li>Fee<br \/>\nFree!<\/li>\n<li>Language<br \/>\nJapanese (announces also in English)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"\/inst\/icc\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/791213315752622b1f9963d404c7fe9b.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">poster<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Although it is the ninth largest country in the world,\u00a0most people in Japan are still relatively unfamiliar with the\u00a0fascinating nation of Kazakhstan.<br \/>\nWith a land mass larger than\u00a0all of Western Europe but only 17 million inhabitants, it&#8217;s\u00a0population density is among the lowest on earth.<br \/>\nKazakhstan is\u00a0one of only two landlocked countries in the world that lies on\u00a0two continents: Europe and Asia, and with over 130 ethnicities\u00a0it is truly a complex mosaic of cultures and languages.<\/p>\n<p>With Russia to the north, China to the east and the great\u00a0Caspian Sea to the west, the terrain ranges from snow-capped\u00a0mountains, to expansive flatlands and even deserts.<br \/>\nKazakhstan\u00a0has historically been inhabited by nomadic tribes but was also\u00a0part of the Soviet Union until independence in December 1991.<br \/>\nIslam is the religion of about 70% of the population and the\u00a0Kazakh language itself is actually related to Turkish.<\/p>\n<p>For this event several students from Kazakhstan will showcase\u00a0their country and culture through dance, song, music and even\u00a0poetry. There&#8217;ll also be a talk from one of Waseda&#8217;s own\u00a0professors and during the cafe time you&#8217;ll have the chance to\u00a0try some Kazakh treats!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Program<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Video: Introduction to Kazakhstan<\/li>\n<li>Talk: Professor Atsushi Ogihara, Faculty of Human Sciences &#8220;Waseda &amp; Kazakhstan&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Song: &#8220;Atameken&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Music: Dombra Performance<\/li>\n<li>Dance: &#8220;Aizhan Qyz&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Poetry: &#8220;Nauryz&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Song: &#8220;Kusni-Qorlan&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Music Dombra Performance<\/li>\n<li>Song: &#8220;Zhelsiz Tunde Zharyq Ai&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Dance: &#8220;Qara Zhorga&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Cafe Time: Game: &#8220;Asyk&#8221; &amp; Snacks (30 min))<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Cooperation: Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Japan<br \/>\nInquiries:\u3000 TEL: 03-5286-3990\u3000E-mail: country-festival@list.waseda.jp<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date &amp; Time Nov. 11th (Tue), 2014. 6:15-7:45pm(Doors open 5:55pm)*Partial Participation OK Place Okuma Gar [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4367,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[82,133],"class_list":["post-4365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-events-en","tag-watch-listen-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4365"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5442,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4365\/revisions\/5442"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}