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Wedding traditions of Astana

A modern capital whose wedding photographs are taken in front of its towers and monuments.

Astana weddings follow the same Kazakh toi with the setting of the new capital. Couples are often photographed at Baiterek.

Astana
Photo: Денис Гришкин, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A wedding here

The registry office ceremony is followed by a feast. The couple drive to a monument and place flowers, a custom common across the former Soviet world.

Where weddings happen

Restaurants, large halls and the Palace of Weddings.

The season and the calendar

Summer is favoured because of the cold winters.

Wedding customs of Astana

Also part of it, and being written: Toi (The feast.).

A wedding trail idea for Astana

  1. Baiterek Tower A monument.
  2. Khan Shatyr A tent-shaped centre.
  3. Palace of Weddings A civil registry building.
About this page

Written by the EveryShaadi desk with AI assistance. Opening hours, venues and wedding-season dates change; check locally before travelling. Customs differ from place to place and family to family. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

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