Georgia: Where Feasting Traditions Are Movable

Molly Corso

Georgia
Georgia: Soaking Up the Dying Tradition of Massage in the Tbilisi Baths

Justyna Mielnikiewicz, Paul Rimple

Georgia
Kyrgyzstan’s April Uprising: Path to Change or Death in Vain?

Natasha Yefimov and David Trilling

Kyrgyzstan
Mongolia: Activists Try to Keep Environmental Treasure Clean

Pearly Jacob

Mongolia
Kazakhstan’s Old Believers Keep the Faith

David Trilling and Joanna Lillis

Kazakhstan
Once Prosperous, Jangalak Now Fills With Refugees

Iason Athanasiadis

Afghanistan
Big Birds Swoop In for Annual Bayan Ulgii Festival

Andrew Cullen

Mongolia
Child Jockeys Train for Naadam Horse Races

Andrew Cullen

Mongolia

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A World Apart: Azerbaijan's Highest Settlement

May 27, 2010 - 12:10pm

by: Jonathan Makiri

Azerbaijan

Xinaliq, a high-mountain village in Azerbaijan's portion of the Caucasus mountain range, is its own little world. Not much is known about the origins of the settlement, but its roughly 800 present...
'70s Rockers Deep Purple Return to "Spiritual Home"

May 26, 2010 - 6:30am

by: Anahit Hayrapetyan

Armenia

Legendary '70s rock band Deep Purple returned after 20 years to the Armenian capital of Yerevan to play a charity concert to help build a music school in the country. Fronted by vocalist Ian...
Flooding Creates Temporary IDP Camps

May 25, 2010 - 11:57am

by: Rena Effendi

Azerbaijan

Heavy rains this month caused flooding in 20 villages surrounding the Kura River, Azerbaijan's main water artery, which enters the country from Georgia, where it is called the Mtkvari. The river...
Living Invite Dead to Feast at Remote Mountaintop Village

May 14, 2010 - 11:01am

by: Temo Bardzimashvili

Georgia

Each year in the Georgian highland village of Adishi, the dead are invited home for a week-long family reunion. It is a time for celebration, but also for contemplation.
Jalal-abad Akimat Stormed by Bakiyev Supporters

May 13, 2010 - 11:18am

by: David Trilling

Kyrgyzstan

About 600 people stormed the governor's compound, or Akimat, on May 13 in Jalal-abad, Kyrgyzstan, chanting the name of former President Kurmanbek Bakiyev as they ousted Provisional Governor Bektur...
Roma in Istanbul Ring In Summer Season with Gusto

May 6, 2010 - 6:04pm

by: Jonathan Lewis

Turkey

Hidrellez is a religious-inspired festival celebrated May 5-6 in Turkey and the Turkic-speaking world. Roma in Istanbul celebrate it with particular gusto.
May Day in Istanbul Peaceful, Not Confrontational

May 3, 2010 - 7:02am

by: Jonathan Lewis

Turkey

Since the 1980 military coup in Turkey, the May Day holiday in Istanbul had often been marked by violent confrontation between security forces and organized labor. This year, however, May Day...
PMDEP Protests for a More Responsible Government

April 30, 2010 - 1:00pm

by: Andrew Cullen

Mongolia

Supporters with the People's Movement to Demand Election Promises (PMDEP) attended a series of nationwide protests, including this April 5 rally in the western city of Hovd, to demand that...
Thousands Make Pilgrimage to Christian Site

April 29, 2010 - 12:11pm

by: Jonathan Lewis

Turkey

Turkey is a secular Islamic country. But the Christian feast day of St. George is observed by thousands of Turkish women in a way that is completely unexpected.
Armenians Commemorate Mass Killings in Turkey

April 26, 2010 - 1:20pm

by: Anahit Hayrapetyan

Armenia

On the evening of April 23, several thousand Armenians marched through the streets of Yerevan to the Tsitsarnakaberd Genocide Monument, carrying torches, flowers, candles and flags to commemorate...

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