Central asian culture

“In 1954 National Geographic magazine documented how Kazakh chief Qali Beg led his tribe from Sinkiang, China to safety in Kashmir, India. Part of the tribe's journey was made on specially trained meat-eating horses, who were able to survive in the grassless Takla Makan desert.”

Mihaela Noroc has traveled to over 50 countries and captured stunning photographs of women of all ages, races, and backgrounds for her project titled "The Atlas of Beauty."

nomads Kirghiz woman in traditional costume…Kirghistan, Central Asia

My memories of childhood are essentially a collection of simple moments in the woods, spending time with my grandparents, and eating pomegranates and pistachios every night after dinner with my mom, especially in the winter months. What I didn't know then was that these were cultural and medicinal p

Central Asian Women in Soviet Era