Threads Rewoven: The Textile Heritage Exhibition

Recorded between 2019 and 2021, Echoes of the Steppe preserves the spoken heritage of Kazakh elders whose voices echo across the wide plains of Central Asia.
Interviews were conducted in family homes and open fields, capturing memories of nomadic life — migration routes, seasonal traditions, and craft techniques. The collection includes over 30 hours of recordings in Kazakh and Russian, each transcribed and translated by Ancestra’s language specialists.
These oral histories are a living archive of resilience. They reflect a worldview shaped by landscape, movement, and the sacred bond between people and nature.