Interesting facts...

The dairy produce: milk, kumys (mare's milk), shubat (camel's milk), airan (kefir), etc Kazakh's call 'ak' - white. They believe these products have holy power. For Kazakhs the white colour embodies purity and loyalty. Traditionally, Kazakhs meet new neighbours with foods necessarily of white colours 'ak alyp shygu', to express their hope for purity of their future relationships. In their turn new-settlers invite their neighbours to visit their house. Before that old inhabitants invite them for 'erulik'. To disregard the inviting of new neighbours for 'erulik' means to violate the