Dana Shayakhmet and Aizhan Bekkulova: handicrafts in Kazakhstan – business or hobby?

The second guest of our podcast with Dana Shayakhmet is an artist, Chairman of the Union of Artisans of Kazakhstan, Vice President of the Asia-Pacific division of the World Craft Council for Central Asia - Aizhan Bekkulova! In this issue, we raised such questions as: is there a place for Kazakh handicrafts in the creative economy of the country, how much more time do we have to revive our traditional crafts or have we lost them forever, what future awaits our artisans and is there any hope that traditional crafts will be a full-fledged modern business in Kazakhstan.