Amazing pictures of the wolf-skin clad Kazakhs who keep 4,000-year-old traditions alive (2)

The tradition of hunting with golden eagles is said to have been started by the nomadic Khitans from Manchuria in northern China around 940AD

Surviving the harsh winter is challenging, with permanent freezing conditions of up to -40 C , and to the outside world the Kazakh lifestyle may seem to be a very hard way of living