Educational excursion to "Tanbaly tas"

    From February 17 to March 24, the Faculty of Oriental Studies of the Department of the Far East holds a "Winter School" for students of partner universities in Japan on the basis of an academic mobility program. As part of this winter school program, students from the universities of Tsukuba and Keio, together with teachers and students of the Department of the Far East, Department of Japanese Studies, went on an educational excursion to Tanbaly Tas on February 26, 2023. The purpose of the excursion program is not only to teach the history, culture and language of the peoples of the Central Asian states, but also to get acquainted with the historical and tourist places of the country.

    The oldest rock inscriptions date from around the 11th century and continue until the 19th century. The reason for the great fame of the iconic stone is that this is the place where the Kazakhs celebrate a big holiday, sing slogans and gather together. Therefore, foreign students were especially interested in seeing the holy place, which the scientists who first discovered the Marked Stone called “the great evidence of history.” The students left early in the morning, visited the place for two to three hours, took pictures, day returned to Almaty.

Japanese students treated the nature of our country in a special way, and along the way he admired the expanses of the Kazakh land and the beauty of its nature.