Chal
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Chal, also shubat or khoormog, is a Turkic and Mongolic beverage of fermented camel milk, sparkling white with a sour flavor, popular in Central Asia — particularly in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkm
Bowls of shubat (left), beverage of fermented camel milk, and kumis (right), beverage made from fermented mare's milk
Kazakhstan
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Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country situated primarily in Central Asia, with a portion of its territory extending into Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the n
Chal
…Turkmen, Uzbek and Kazakh) and Mongolic beverage of fermented camel milk, sparkling white with a sour flavor, popular in Central Asia — particularly in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. In Kazakhstan the drink is known as shubat, and is a staple summer food. Due to preparation requirements and perishable…
Funerary depiction of long-haired Göktürks in the Kazakh Steppe. Miho funerary couch, c. 570 CE.
Jochi Mausoleum, Ulytau Region, Kazakhstan
Batu Khan on the throne of the Golden Horde
Miniature from a Timurid genealogy manuscript depicting Mengu-Timur, c. 1405–1409.