Various facets of Kazakh life were showcased, including savouring popular traditional drinks like kymyz or mare's milk; Chal, or Shubat or fermented camel's milk; the famed Kazakh horse-riding skills, trapeze artists, concerts with singers swaying the significantly huge crowd of men, women and children with their popular songs, stand-up comedians, live eagles which were once used by nomads for hunting of prey and food across the Central Asian steppes, camels, horse rides for adults and kids, teaching people pottery etc.
Most of the routes pass yurt camps, and hikers might be invited in to join shepherds and their families for a cup of kymyz, fermented mare's milk, or a shot of vodka," the statement says.