새로운소식 [080706] 휘트니 Kazakhstan's capital city ASTANA 에서 공연

[WHITNEY재진]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1032383/The-Wider-View-Whitneys-palace-performance-Kazakhstans-capital-city-turns-ten.html

카자흐스탄 대통령 Nursultan Nazarbayev 68 번째 생일과 카자흐스탄의

교육과 상업의 도시 아스타나(Astana)시의 10주년 기념을 위한 기념행사였다고 합니다.

행사 명칭은 Starry Decade of Astana 이구요. 러시아 대통령도 참석했다고 하고,

휘트니는 저기 보이는, 대통령 궁에서 공연을 선보였습니다. ^^

---영문기사---

It is unrecognisable as anything described by Kazakhstan's most famous, albeit fictitious, resident, Borat, who portrayed his country as little more than a collection of peasants in tumbledown shacks.

In reality, riches from vast Caspian Sea oil reserves have enabled an elaborate building programme in its new capital city of Astana.

Above: Akorda Palace, Kazakhstan's presidential residence in Astana

Today, Whitney Houston will perform outside this impressive building, the Presidential Palace, to mark the tenth birthday of the city and the 68th of the president, Nursultan Abishuly Nazarbayev, who was elected in 1991 when Kazakhstan achieved independence following the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Building work on his official residence, with a 43,916sq yd floor plan, began in September 2001 and took three years.

In design terms it appears to have drawn inspiration from eclectic sources  -  the White House and Senate in Washington, Istanbul's Blue mosque and a hint of a Holiday Inn.

Towering over the surrounding flat and barren plain, the palace has two basement levels and five overground storeys topped by a blue-and-gold dome  -  the colour of the Kazakh flag  -  rising 260ft into the air.

The building is constructed from monolithic concrete blocks but the brilliant white exterior colour is from a cladding of Italian marble, which ranges from 8in to 16in thick.

The interior is no less lavish. As well as residential areas and offices, there are 13 large state rooms, including a 956sq yd ceremonial area, a library, a winter garden, the Solemn Hall, Gold Hall and the Halls of Extended Negotiations. These feature chandeliers, marble inlays and elaborate parquet flooring.

The Eastern Hall has been designed to resemble an ostentatious version of a yurt  -  the traditional tent of the Kazakh steppe nomads.

[12시]

멀리까지 가셨네... 뉴스 감사합니다. ^^