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Right now I'm taking part in a Russian celebration.
It's called Village Day, in a village where Russians and Kazakhs live.
Here they cover their tables with food. So let's go over and greet them.
- Hello everyone! - How are you my friend?
I'm good, how are you?
My name is Aleksander
I'm Ken. Very nice to meet you.
- Take off my shoes? - Yes
Ok
- Thank you - Sit down, sit down. Next to grandpa.
- This is our national food. - What's it called?
- Beshbarmak. - Beshbarmak?
What's it made of?
- Horse meat. - Horse meat.
Oh, tasty ...
This is a tubeteika, it's a hat.
Put it on so the sun doesn't bake you.
Thank you
Today is a holiday, it's Street Day.
It's Village Day, as I understood?
Yes, it's actually Street Day.
Street Day? Why exactly is it called Street Day?
Well because our street is so harmonious,
Kazakhs live here, as well as Russians,
and because of this they organized a celebration for us.
And anybody can just walk right up?
- Yes. - Cool, that's a great tradition
Anybody who wants to can come and join us and take part in our feast
You already missed it, they were here and left.
Ok... Wait a second,
- horse meat, right? - Yes, eat, eat.
Ok, horse meat. Well this is ... let's try it.
- This food Kazakhs eat with their hands - Yeah?
If it's beshbarmak that means five fingers.
- Well let's do it like Kazakhs do it. - Yes, yes, just like that.
- You need to take it together with the noodles. - Right, with the noodles.
- And with the fat - The fat? I think it's too much
No, it's not too much
- Well, let's start bit by bit - Ok, bit by bit
- Ok, let's do it. Horse meat. - Yes, yes
Neigh!!
No, at the table we don't need that!
It's really good, eat! Shove it all in your mouth!
Mm, it's good, really tasty
You'll go to America, you'll remember this
We ate ... a horse!
Horse meat.
And also traditional Kazakh food, it was tasty.
How do you play it?
Ha ha he won't give it up
Seems simple enough, let's give it a try.
Well done.
How do you say 'Thank You' in Kazakh?
- Rakhmat. - Rakhmat.
Ok. Rakhmat to you! Rakhmat.
Rakhmat to you for traveling here
Thank you very much, I've enjoyed myself
And now I'll go over to the Russian table. Let's go.
Dear guests,
Dear guests,
in ancient Rus they always gave greetings with bread and salt.
We also greet you with bread and salt.
We invite you to come to our Pervomaiskaya Street celebration.
Thank you.
Russian people are, including people in the village, very generous.
and when you come, you feel like an honored guest.
I felt all this generosity and was thankful to them with my whole heart.
Ken,
you're our friend, yeah? A friend of our village.
You have, well, such a Russian face!
Come on, put this on!
Aww, wait a second. You put it on over your head, yeah?
And now I'm headed over to the main square where the whole celebration is taking place.
Let's go!
- I'll save up my pension and I'll come to America - Huh?
I said I'll save up money from my pension and come to America!
Well, sounds good!
I just wanted to say thank you to everyone.
Thank you to everyone, with all of my heart.
Thanks, we'll see each other, we'll dance, and that's it.
- Thanks! - You're welcome!
And now I'm going to try to drive a tractor.
The first time in my life.
It's just a real, Soviet tractor.
It was written right there,
"Made is the USSR"
The most important thing is that we don't hurt anyone,
- there are no dogs - None
- no livestock
It's loud,
Your butt hurts, your neck hurts,
It's just ...
I'm the most important tractor driver!
If they sat you down in a box,
and somebody did like this to the box,
that's a Russian tractor.
Yeah, not bad.
And now we're with the family of Victor and Svetlana.
- We are getting ready to chop some wood. - Yeah
Ok, please explain how it's done, how are we going to do this?
Show how it's done first
That's it. And the rest, like this
Yeah, it seems easy when you do it.
But now I'll try.
- Two hands? Like this? - Two hands. Yes.
- The rest is simple - Ok
Now that's a powerful Siberian!
That's it, just give it a bigger swing
He's just a master, he can just chop it all with one hand.
And for me, as a person who grew up in the city,
I've very rarely even had an axe in my hands
It didn't work out too easily for me.
It's not really that easy.
That is, the trick is you have to approach them very slowly
And I came up right away, and they went like this.
And they all ran off.
and in the end, it worked out.
Specially for Greenpeace, this is all I caught.
Not one chicken suffered.
Now I'm gonna milk a real cow.
- Maybe I can try now? - Go ahead, try it
Ok. Please explain how this should be done.
Ok, sit down right here.
Take it with one hand like that
and pull it downwards and squeeze.
Just like that, you're doing it right.
You can even use a second hand
No, no, the same ***
The same one, first one hand, then the other
Yes yes, now the other hand,
and now we're off, good job, you're getting it.
Yeah, you're getting it.
And that's how the process of milking a cow works.
If you ask me honestly, cows are ...
very interesting. Because first the cow comes up,
and you have to clean everything,
then you have to rub in cream so it's smooth and it works well,
and then, you simply have to milk the cow.
And it's honestly not too hard. It's not complicated.
There's nothing difficult there. Just ...
Now I'm going to have a steam bath in a real Russian banya.
I'm going to get some help from the head of the family, Viktor.
Now we'll have some steam.
It's not that cold...
Darn, the water is warm.
Oh boy, ye moe!
Now that's cold!
It was really cool to steam in there.
Of course, it wasn't my first time in the banya,
but it's such a good Russian tradition,
You just go there and you simply ... relax.
Ooh, Russian banya. That is the best!
Well thank you for everything! It was just amazing!
Village life is soulful, good and interesting.
Many people think you should move to a place,
where it's peaceful and quiet,
to live out your older years.
And I can honestly say it's such a place,
where I feel free, peaceful, the air is clean ...
and this a place where you can relax.
and you know that everything's in it's right place.
Such a life is simple, and good.
Very alluring.