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  • Throughout this period, traditional [[Nomad|nomadic]] life and a [[livestock]]-based economy continued to domin ...nd, by the 1860s, some Kazakh resisted Russia's rule. It had disrupted the traditional nomadic lifestyle and livestock-based economy, and people were suffering fr
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  • ...Bactrian camels, and horses, relying on these animals for transportation, clothing, and food.<ref>"Kazakhstan," Food in Every Country, accessed April 18, 2011 ...arious forms has always been the primary ingredient of Kazakh cuisine, and traditional Kazakh cooking is based on boiling. Horse and mutton are the most popular f
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  • ...urrent ammunition count.{{sfn|Infinity Ward|2009|p=3-4}} The game features traditional guns, including [[assault rifle]]s, [[shotgun]]s, [[handgun]]s, and [[snipe ...Simon "Ghost" Riley, who conceals his face with a skull print [[balaclava (clothing)|balaclava]].<ref name="MTV comic preview">{{cite web|url=http://multiplaye
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  • ...]] around 1870;<ref>{{cite web|title=Everyday Kyrgyz Pastimes. Kok-Boru, a Traditional Sport Played on Horseback with the Carcass of a Goat|url=http://www.wdl.org ...lly or deliberately knocking him off his horse. Riders usually wear heavy clothing and head protection to protect themselves against other players' [[whip]]s
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  • ...q'' and is considered an [[applied art]] form and an important part of the traditional folk costume.<ref>{{cite web {{clothing-stub}}
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  • ...in the 7th to 12th centuries. Besides [[Lamb and mutton|lamb]], many other traditional foods retain symbolic value in Kazakh culture. Kazakh culture is largely in ...f their nomadic practices and customs relate in some way to [[livestock]]. Traditional curses and blessings invoked disease or [[fecundity]] among animals, and go
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  • [[File:Kazakh Clothing (10368357).jpg|thumb|right|Traditional Kazakh male clothing.]] [[File:Catchthegirl.JPG|thumb|right|A Kazakh man chases a woman wearing traditional garb.]]
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  • ...tional Korean clothing]], they adapted Western-style dress rather than the clothing worn by the Central Asian peoples.<ref name="lee40">{{harvnb|Lee|2000|p=40} ...r the first birthday and sixtieth anniversary have been preserved in their traditional form.<ref name="lee250">{{harvnb|Lee|2000|p=250}}</ref>
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  • ...三成), prior to 1965 Karakunuz (Каракунуз, Караконыз). Traditional Dungan name is Ingpan (Cyrillic Dungan: Йинпан; Russian: Иньпан ...to preserve other parts of their culture, such as embroidery, traditional clothing, silver jewelry, paper cuts of animals and flowers and tools.
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  • The traditional economy centered on [[animal husbandry]] (particularly [[sheep raising]]) a ...e with the first milk of a cow that had just [[calf (animal)|calved]]. The traditional ritual dish called ''kurban'' combined [[bulgar wheat]] [[porridge]] with a
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  • ...ile the sedentary population finally adopted the [[Persian language]], the traditional ''[[lingua franca]]'' of the eastern Islamic lands.<ref name="Iranica">Rich [[File:Costumes of Uzbek men.jpg|thumb|upright|Clothing of Uzbek men, [[Khiva]]]]
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  • .... p. 269. ISBN 0-521-24327-0.</ref> For the [[Uyghur people|Uyghurs]], the traditional name of the [[Tarim Basin]] in southern Xinjiang was [[Altishahr]], which m When the Dzungars levied the traditional nomadic Alban poll tax upon the Muslims of Altishahr, the Muslims viewed it
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  • ..., 2002, the detainee and three other men, were arrested dressed in burkas (clothing worn by females), by Pakistani Police in Lahore, Pakistan. ...t regular jobs failed, due to cultural differences. Attempts to use their traditional leather-working skills to be self-employed failed. Eventually, all six men
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  • ...-out system#Cottage industry|cottage industry]], some of it produced using traditional methods.<ref name=autogenerated1 /> [[Hotan Silk Factory]] is one of the no Atlas is a traditional Uyghur clothing worn by Uyghur women. It is soft, light and graceful tie-dyed silk fabric.
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  • ...ettled Turkic urban dwellers and farmers of the [[Tarim Basin]] who follow traditional Central Asian sedentary practices, distinguishable from the nomadic Turkic ...he [[Tarim Basin]] and [[Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture|Ili]] who follow traditional Central Asian sedentary practices, as distinguished from nomadic Turkic pop
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  • ...eliance) cut the country off from almost all external trade, even with its traditional partners, the Soviet Union and China. ...07}}</ref> In 2010, the North Korean media reported that Kim's distinctive clothing had set worldwide fashion trends.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independen
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  • |piccap="Silk Road" in Traditional (top) and Simplified (bottom) Chinese characters ...w York: Routledge, ISBN 978-0-415-72078-6, pp 155-156.</ref> He notes that traditional authors discussing East-West trade such as [[Marco Polo]] and [[Edward Gibb
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  • ...]] in eastern Zhetysu contained the grave of a high-ranking warrior, whose clothing had been decorated with around 100 golden bosses.<ref name="Zadneprovskiy"/ ...tor H. |authorlink=Victor H. Mair |title=The Shorter Columbia Anthology of Traditional Chinese Literature |language= |url=https://books.google.no/books?id=sV3Zzcc
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  • ...ypt to the Far East; and during the [[Middle Ages]], they were favored for clothing the relics of Christian saints. When [[Heraclius]] captured the palace of [ ...nticipating key features of Islamic art. Sasanian art combined elements of traditional Persian art with Hellenistic elements and influences. The conquest of [[Per
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