ossory
Astana, whose own name simply means 'the capital,' so Kazakhstan's capital city is called The Capital: renamed six times in two centuries, home to an indoor Maldives-style beach in the world's second-coldest capital, the world's most landlocked sharks, and a light rail that never came.
The Capital Is Called Capital
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Style
Fast Kazakh folk-opera at 152 BPM in a minor mode with a flattened second, dombyra ostinato and kobyz drone under full orchestra, steppe frame drums and mallet timpani, with alternating Kazakh-accented male and female leads moving from near-spoken verses to operatic duet choruses.