Government hopes to counter Russian sneers and Hollywood mockery with epic historical TV series. Eurasianet.org reports Armour-clad warriors charge from behind a rocky outcrop and gallop across the steppe,swords aloft and banners flapping in the wind. With furious cries they surround a camp and embark on a gruesome and bloody battle.
Perched on a rise above the skirmish, a female warrior in an elaborate fur headdress checks her smartphone as an emotionless white camel chews the cud.
This is not a medieval war zone but the set of a Game of Thrones-style TV series that aims to bring to life the colourful tale of the birth of a Kazakh state more than 500 years ago.
The series dramatises the tumultuous events main up to the creation of the first Kazakh khanate in 1465 amid the collapse of the Mongolian-ruled Golden Horde empire – events interpreted in modern-day Kazakhstan as laying the foundations for today’s independent state.[br]Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com