Qubi smoking rite. A man kindles fresh tobylghy (a kind of juniper) in samovar. A woman treats a qubi (a wooden barrel for preparing kymyz (koumiss), greased inside with fresh May butter prior to smoking.

Qubi smoking rite. A man kindles fresh tobylghy (a kind of juniper) in samovar. Mrs Bakhyt Zhumabekova treats a qubi (a wooden barrel for preparing kymyz (koumiss), greased inside with fresh May butter prior to smoking.

Qubi smoking rite. A man kindles fresh tobylghy (a kind of juniper) in samovar. A woman treats a qubi (a wooden barrel for preparing kymyz (koumiss), greased inside with fresh May butter prior to smoking.

Qubi smoking rite. A man kindles fresh tobylghy (a kind of juniper) in samovar. A woman treats a qubi (a wooden barrel for preparing kymyz (koumiss), greased inside with fresh May butter prior to smoking..

ICH Courier is the quarterly magazine on ICH in the Asia-Pacific region issued by ICHCAP since 2009. Every issue has its own theme under the title of the Windows to ICH, and the theme of the Vol 33 is 'Village Guardian Rituals and Communities.'