November 5 | 6:30PM

In this lecture, an ethnobotanist will discuss flowers, their nature, and what they symbolize in Kazakh culture. We will learn:

– What meanings are encoded in traditional patterns

– Why the tulip is not an ancient steppe code

– Little-known myths, rituals, and botanical secrets of Kazakhstan

Speaker: Ruslan Nurkhanov is an ethnobotanist and mycologist. He is a master’s student in the Department of Biology at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, specializing in “Geobotany,” and a researcher at the Laboratory of Algology and Mycology at the Institute of Botany and Plant Introduction.

Participation is free, with advance registration required.

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