Beauty of Karakalpak Culture

Beauty of the Karakalpak culture and people. Branch of the Altaic family: Turkic Thank you David and Sue Richardson for allowing me to use your pictures. Please check out thier website: http://www.karakalpak.com/index.html Thank you so much Berdakh Bayimbetov for letting me use your pictures and music. Also check out his website for Kalakalpak music: http://berdakb.narod.ru/ The Karakalpaks (also Qaraqalpaqs) are a Turkic ethnic group who mainly live in the lower reaches of the Amu Darya and in the (former) delta of Amu Darya on the southern shore of the Aral Sea. However, small numbers can also be found in Iran, and Turkey, and smaller communities in Kazakstan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Turkmenistan. The name "Karakalpak" comes from two words: "Kara" meaning black, and "Kalpak" meaning hat. The Karakalpaks probably number about 650,000 worldwide, out of which about 500,000 live in the Republic of Karakalpakstan. The Karakalpaks in Turkey are primarily concentrated in the mountains of eastern Turkey near the headwaters of the Murat River. Those in Iran live mainly on the southern shores of Lake Urmia, which is located in the northwestern corner of the country. Quoted from Wikipedia. Learn more from here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karakalpaks http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karakalpakstan The song is called Awilimda toy (Wedding in my village) by Bairam To'remuratov and a free mp3 can be found here: http://berdakb.narod.ru/root/lang/eng/index.htm