In this short 2004 documentary, the mausoleum of a famous Sufi saint, Khoja Ahmed Yassawi (1093-1166), in Turkestan / Kazakhstan (Central Asia) is presented in all its splendour and delicacy.
Kazakhstan is deeply coined by nomadic culture. We accompany a nomad family to their first pilgrimage to the only remaining stone monument in Kazakhstan. There, we can admire the beauty of ancient Sufi tradition (a mystical dimension of Islam) that also included old pre-Islamic and shamanistic traditions, like the chanting into a kind of trance. Beautiful choir music is still sung daily inside the ancient tomb.

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