Festival Blending Kazakhstani and French Heritage Encourages Discussion and Discovery Among Cultures
🌪️ Under the Sky of Tengri: A Daring Kazakh-French Adventure
Get ready for a thrilling adventure straight outta the heart of Astana! On June 6, the buzzing town of Kosshy played host to the first Kazakh-French Adventure Festival, a riveting concoction of science, exploration, and all things nature. 🌄
Sponsored by the fancy French Embassy, sports and tourism ministry, and local lad, Visit Astana, the festival promised an exhilarating mix of film screenings, chats, and live links with adventurers worldwide. 🎬🏕️
The Action was HOT at Kosshy Social, Cultural, and Sports Complex, whereattendees got the chance to rub shoulders with bigwigs in the geography and mountaineering world, while delving deep into the cosmic world of aerospace engineering and conservation. 🌌🏔️
Look ma! Kazakhstani geographer extraordinaire, Ordenbek Mazbayev, who served as the festival president, and mountaineer king Maksut Zhumayev put in an appearance, alongside buzzworthy Beket Tulegenov, aero-nerd supreme. Frenchy friends Luc Hardy, Orianne Aymard, and documentary legend Stéphane Dugast, also swung by for some camaraderie and drool-worthy adventure tales. 🤝🇰🇿🇫🇷
Ordenbek spoke about his epic Antarctic expedition in 2011 (20th anniversary party of Kazakhstan's independence, no less), a marvelous example of how adventure and serious research can go hand in hand. “I’m all about living life on the edge, so the youngins’ can work towards something meaningful and fantabulous. I betcha this ain’t the last fest we’ll be having. Would be a blast if other embassies hopped on this train and organized similar events throughout Kazakhstan,” he enthusiastically said. 🎡🏆
The program shone the spotlight on virtual Q&A sessions with daredevils like Cédrick Tassan, Eric Brossier and the rad crew from Antarctica's Concordia scientific base. These face-offs gives the people insight on current scientific expeditions and the behind-the-scenes juicy stuff. 🎯🌐
Carlos Marsal, a French Embassy worker who's as passionate about adventure as he is about kitten videos, was the heads-up for this wild shindig. His own adrenaline-pumping moves and adventure film provided the inspo for the whole shebang. 📽️🔥
"I live, breathe and sleep adventure - it's the main attraction in my book. I've got a buttload of pals who share my zest for life. I reckon Kazakhstan's the perfect playground for tourism and exploring. That's why this festival's golden. I ain't doing this for me - it's for the little 'uns. I aim to inspire the 'em to dream big and embrace their wild side,” said Carlos. 🌟💪
With an eye on current ecological and scientific challenges, the fest encourages discussion across cultures while keeping the public hooked on adventure and research. Entire families, students, and local pops came out in droves, catching movies and live talks that blended local tradition with global research. 🎫💕
Admission was entirely friggin free, making knowledge and inspiration accessible to the masses. The organizers are hoping the festival becomes an annual tradition, helping forge long-term cultural and scientific collaboration between Kazakhstan and France. 🤝🇫🇷🇰🇿
- The festival, under the theme of environmental science, featured live links with adventurers worldwide, highlighting the exploration of space and astronomy, home and garden, and education and self-development.
- During the festival, attendees were treated to lifestyle discussions with renowned geographer Ordenbek Mazbayev and mountaineer Maksut Zhumayev, as well as prominent figures in aerospace engineering and conservation.
- In the spirit of travel and adventure, the festival aimed to inspire the younger generation to pursue meaningful and fantabulous ventures, promoting global scientific collaborations and cultural exchange between Kazakhstan and France.
