By this myth, the ancient steppe people explained the alternation of day and night, summer and winter, as well as life and death. From time to time he manages to steal an egg, but the bird Samruk always brings it back. And all would be well, if at the foot of Bayterek did not live the evil dragon Aidekhar. Somewhere among the branches, she lays a golden egg, which later turns into the sun. By the way, similar worldviews were among the Vikings who worshiped the magical ash Yggdrasil.Įvery year a magic bird flies to BaiterekSamruk. Thus, the Baiterek tree is a kind of axis of the universe. The roots of this tree keep the underground world in balance, the trunk is located in the world of people and animals, and the crown goes into the heavenly world. They imagined the universe in this way: somewhere between the worlds a river flows, on the shore of which a wonderful tree of life called Baiterek grows. It turns out that Baiterek is sculpturalthe embodiment of the world view of ancient Kazakhs. Why does Baiterek in Astana (Kazakhstan) look like this?
Then the idea arose to erect a monument in Baiterek in Astana. We need infrastructure, we need a new urban mythology, we need places of interest that will be magnetized to the capital of tourists. The initiator of all these perturbations was the first president of the republic Nursultan Nazarbayev.Īs an experienced politician, Nazarbayev understood that oneOnly the capital status of Astana can not be turned into the main city of the republic. The official transfer procedure took place the next year, and Akmola itself changed its name - henceforth the main city of Kazakhstan should be called Astana, which in Kazakh means "capital". In 1997, a decision was made to transferthe capital of Kazakhstan from Almaty to Akmola. However, in reality, the symbolism of a grandiose building is much more complicated and interesting. Baiterek is the symbol of Astana.To the western guests of Kazakhstan he reminds a huge "Chupa-Chups", majestically towering above new buildings of the capital.
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