He must be right. They can’t even print their money!
With eyes peeled for anything weird coming out of Kazakhstan to proof Sacha Baron Cohen’s rather brutal take on the Central Asian country, it was only a matter of time before this would happen. Under the heading “Is Borat right about Kazakhstan? Now they have mis-spelt their banknotes”, the Evening Standard marks the way ahead.
Any story from Kazakhstan - good or bad, sad or funny, hilarious or tragic - will now have to be tested against the Borat hypothesis. The global entertainment press has subscribed to the Kazakhstan Google Alert and eagerly waits for news from the grossly-ridiculed, unspellable country somewhere in the void of the former Soviet Union.
So, what about this story, that’s worth drawing the line as well: Reuters’ correspondent Michael Steen is at his best when he writes about Kazakh food (”In Kazakhstan, the hungry do eat a horse”). Is he jumping on the bandwagon there?
At a wedding it will often join koybas, a boiled sheep’s head, as one of the delicacies on the menu.
Serving koybas is itself a ritual. The host cuts the head into slices and serves different pieces according to the status of each guest. Brain is said to be the best and would go to the most honored diner. Other parts are less sought-after.
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Kumys and kurt smell like a farmyard doused in manure, at least to my untutored nose.
on October 20th, 2006 at 4:36 pm
Fight between Kazakh and Turkish employees in Atyrau region led to 140 injured
on October 21st, 2006 at 6:07 pm
The show goes on. Reuters writes an article about all films that would be considered for Oscar nominations. Kazakhstan deserves to be in the headline: “Borat’s homeland gets good news from Oscar”.
“As Kazakhstan braces itself for the November 3 release of the comedy “Borat” — which pokes merciless fun at the central Asian nation — Hollywood delivered some good news Thursday.
For the first time, Kazakhstan will vie for one of the five slots in the foreign-language Oscar category, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said.”
on October 26th, 2006 at 7:29 am
Re. the Borat film (Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan), BBC World have just broadcast a news report on the film’s premiere in London. Check out http://www.chrismerriman.com/index.php/archives/209 for a video clip of it…
on October 27th, 2006 at 5:13 am
It’s inadmissibly to compare national food with indecent things. Actualy it’s different culture and between our countryes CAN BE (maby not nice ) difference, byt it don’t give you possabilities to write like that.
on March 6th, 2007 at 6:42 pm
generic meridia .