Altybakan-youth game on swing
Altybakan is a kind of ancient traditional Kazakh national entertainment. It is played outside the village on on a moonlit night.To create altybakanit is used 6 poles,a strong crossbar,3 thick lasso. The poles are tied together in threesat a distance of three to four meters from each otherin the shape of a tripod and the upper side is continued with a pole. In altybakan, a girl and a boy stand opposite each other, hold tightly lasso and swing with the help of a third person. Young men and women ride this swing for fun, often a girl and a boy who like each other swing in pairs.They sing together while swinging. Today, altybakan is played on national holidays such as Nauryz.
