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World Children's Day is celebrated on 20 November to commemorate the issuance of the Declaration of the Rights of the Child by the UN General Assembly on 20 November 1959, along with the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child on that date in 1989. [2] In some countries, it is Children's Week and not Children's Day.
to present-day Kazakhstan and other former republics (Except Baltic countries) 6 July: Capital City Day: Астана күні (Astana kúni) День столицы (Den' stolitsy) Birthday of the first President of Kazakhstan 30 August: Constitution Day: Конституция күні (Konstıtýcıya kúni)
Kazakhstan, [d] officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, [e] is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a small portion situated in Eastern Europe. [f] It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbekistan to the south, and Turkmenistan to the southwest, with a coastline along the Caspian Sea.
The first independence day military parade of Kazakhstan was held on Almaty's Republic Square in 1996 timed to the occasion of the 5th anniversary of independence. [10] Minister of Defense Mukhtar Altynbayev opened the parade, [ 11 ] which also saw a cavalry squadron from the Republican Guard makes its debut appearance.
Kazakh women wearing a folk costume for ceremonial purposes. Kazakh clothing, worn by the Kazakh people, is often made of materials suited to the region's extreme climate and the people's nomadic lifestyle. [1]
The Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan protects the right to access to kindergarten. [8] Children typically start kindergarten at age 5. As of 2004, there were 100 kindergartens in the nation (83 public, 4 directly under the Ministry of Education, and 13 private) and 135 856 children enrolled in kindergartens (or 63% of the 5- and 6-year-olds).
Kazakhstan supports co-existence of different cultures. The Assembly of People of Kazakhstan supports nearly 200 centres where children and adults can study 30 different languages. [45] In 2015, the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan (APK) introduced a Day of Gratitude as a new holiday of Kazakhstan.
The monument celebrates the independence of Kazakhstan, the identity of its people, and the role of the city of Almaty as capital of Kazakhstan until 1997 when the capital moved to Astana. [1] The statue, a Saka warrior and a barys , [ 2 ] stands atop a 91 feet (28 m) tall column.