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Kurt and Sheep’s Milk: A Vanishing Kazakh Tradition — Level A1 — Farmers milking yaks in a rural landscape.

Kurt and Sheep’s Milk: A Vanishing Kazakh TraditionCEFR A1

22 Oct 2025

Level A1 – Beginner
1 min
58 words
  • Sheep's milk made many dairy foods.
  • Long ago cows were rare in Kazakhstan.
  • People later kept more cows.
  • A team went to a mountain valley.
  • They met grandparents Nesipkhan and Rozikul.
  • Rozikul milked a sheep into a metal bucket.
  • Elzhas helped catch the sheep.
  • Nesipkhan started raising sheep in 1981.
  • A season can make about 70kg of kurt.

Difficult words

  • butterA yellow food made from cream.
  • cheeseA solid food made from milk.
  • snackA small amount of food eaten between meals.
  • traditionA way of doing things passed down.
  • remoteFar away from cities or people.
  • healthierBetter for health than something else.

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Discussion questions

  • What do you think about making traditional foods?
  • Why might some traditions disappear?
  • Have you tried sheep's milk products?
  • What foods do you like to snack on?

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