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This post also available in:| Español | · 'Meet the Stans': Un viaje a través de Asia Central |
| বাংলা | · ‘মিট দি স্তানস’: মধ্য এশিয়ার ভেতর দিয়ে এক যাত্রা |
| Italiano | · Skateboarder attraverso l'Asia Centrale |
Still frame from video ‘Meet the Stans’ on Vimeo.
It is unusual for a skate crew to go on a six-week journey along Central Asia's Silk Road. It is even more unusual for such a crew to make a movie about their journey. That's why film ‘Meet the Stans‘ stands out. It is a 30-minute look at a skate crew's journey through China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Afghanistan. “The film is amazing and [is] worth watching,” recommends blogger Bakhrom Mananov.
More »On the video from [his son's] wedding, Emomali Rahmon shows himself as a real, normal man – he has fun, dances with joy, and encourages everyone else to do the same. Don’t all our men behave the same way at their sons’ weddings?
After lengthy debates, the parliament in Kyrgyzstan has adopted legislation banning young women from travelling abroad without parental consent. On Registan.net, Alisher Abdug'oforov suggests that the new legislation not only violates the country's constitution, but is also unlikely to solve any problems it is designed to address.
Mardikornoma blog comments [tj] on the constitution of Tajikistan, suggesting that it has become more of a fairy tales book than the country's supreme law:
As I skim through the pages of Tajikistan's Constitution, I cannot help thinking that this document must be from some other country.
As Turkmenistan celebrates a recent Guinness World Record award for the highest density of white marble buildings, Caravanistan writes about the “weird, sad, and revealing” world records held by other countries of Central Asia.
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