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African Ethno-Pop Photography

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By Zhazira Dyussembekova

The world today presents a wide range of music genres for people of all tastes. Whether electronic or heavy metal, sounds of any kind are available for everyone. Some of Kazakhstan’s outstanding musicians try to preserve traditional sounds and give them a modern twist.

This year, Almaty hosted The Spirit of Tengri festival for the third time. The event attracted ethno musicians from Kazakhstan, China, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Norway, Russia and Turkey.

The Spirit of Tengri is organised to unite the efforts of the current generation to preserve the spiritual riches of its ancestors, according to the festival’s website. Participants are successors of the traditions rooted deeply in the history of thousands of years of the Great Steppe.

Three groups, Tigrahaud, ‪#‎Arkaiym‬ and ‪#‎Aldaspan‬, shared their stories and their experience at the festival with “EdgeKz.”