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I’ll let the song speak for itself. (KANYKEI - Kara Chan / КАНЫКЕЙ - Кара Чан)
Re: Alpharabius’ comment to my boss Schwartz’s chapter on religion for Cyber-Chaikhana, here’s a rather patriotic YouTube video with this interesting remark by the user about Zoroastrianism in Tajikistan:
A Tajik can be an adherent of any religion such as Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, Zoroastrianism, or he can be an Atheist or Agnostic. But regardless of his religious beliefs, his cultural Identity is Zoroastrian. Zoroastrianism is embedded in his culture and identity for thousands of years and good thought, good words and good deed is the pride of every Tajik.
For those English readers curious about WikiLeaks, here’s the first part of an enlightening interview on Dateline. I’ve previously written about Central Asian reactions to the whistle-blower site.
Here’s a video from Oxfam about one of their rural water projects in Takistan. A bit on the PR-side of things but it’s morally worthwhile.
Video from Ferghana.ru. Viewer discretion is advised. You can see more videos on the right hand column of the link.
…from YouTube user saveosh using Google Maps. I should note that he views the situation as outright ethnic cleansing by Kyrgyzs against Uzbeks. At the moment neweurasia cannot comment on his assessment of the situation, but it’s a useful overview nonetheless to at least see the general picture.
Metro 2033 is a remarkable new computer game set in a post-apocalyptic Moscow. The premise is so cool I’m surprised no one thought of it before: during a nuclear war in the very near future, 40,000 residents of Moscow take refuge in the city’s vast subway system. The game starts 20 years later. The stations have become villages; indeed, several have united around ideologies — the Communist “Red Line“, the Neo-Nazi “Fourth Reich“, the Capitalistic “Commonwealth of the Ring Line“, and the Hellenistic “Polis” at the center and in which some semblance of regular civilization persists. The denizens must not only contend against hordes of ever-mutating monsters from the surface and the bowels of the earth, but also with each other as they vie for resources, ideological dominance, and citizens (or slaves). Read the full story »
Videos by Gulasal Kamolova for neweurasia. Viewer discretion is advised:
Crowd gathers by burning building
Bringing the wounded to safety (1)
Here a little video about the white-band patrols shot from our apartment.
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