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Guyana’s rivers pulse with tradition, speed & celebration in River Rhythms 2025.

🚤🌿 Guyana’s rivers pulse with tradition, speed & celebration in River Rhythms 2025. Read the full story → https://www.travelguyana.co/2025/11/29/river-rhythms-2025-the-living-tradition-of-boat-racing-and-river-festivals-in-guyana/ #Guyana #RiverCulture #BoatRacing #TravelGuyana

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ASTRAKHAN #RIVERCULTURE

River as a resource

There are some differences in the value attributed to the river as a resource if we consider the city or the villages: in the city the river has mainly a touristic value and economic value (lucoil), while in the village, the river has a value connected more with the basic needs of the people (fishing for food).

River tourism “Wildlife tourism (fishing and hunting) is our brand. However, we realize that fish in Volga is exhaustible resource, that’s why we are going to diversify tourist product in our region”.

“Fishing festival “Vobla” is the main tourist event in our region. It’s been organized since 1997. People from all over the world come to Astrakhan to fish in April”.

Loshkareva Inna, representative of the Ministry of Sport and         Tourism in the Astrakhan region.

River brandAstrakhan people compare Astrakhan with Venice, because it is situated on islands that are connected by channels. However, in reality you could find very few similarities between two cities. At the same time the representative of the Ministry of Sport and Tourism in the Astrakhan region says that they prefer to brand Astrakhan as “the capital of Caspian” instead of “the Northern Venice”.

River as a prideAlthough people from Astrakhan know that the river and its surroundings have some critical elements (like trash all over the river embankment), there’s a feeling of pride and an overall sense of identity connected to the river.

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Gas Powered Cars + Interrogation

In Astrakhan, the first sense is that of smell. Leaving the train station, the odor of natural gas burning was pervasive. Plumes of bright white exhaust and sounds of engines running fast emanated from many mashrutka buses and battered old cars. Many of Astrakhan's fleet of vehicles (especially old ones) have been retrofitted to burn natural gas. Locally produced, this gas is sold in many filling stations of the city.

Walking along one day, I stopped to photograph an old house which was being reconstructed. Over the old walls, visible from the second floor up, there were new bricks being laid. As I took my picture, a beat-up white Lada screeched to a halt next to me, and a young guy of Caucasian aspect jumped out, frowning.

"What are you looking at!" 

I explained that I'm a foreign architect, simply looking at the construction. 

His expression softened, and, smiling, we said our goodbyes. As I walked past his car, I saw that there was no lid to his trunk. In the luggage space, there was a weathered red tank that read DANGER GAS. Holding my breath against the tell-tale exhaust, I walked off in search of more architecture. 

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Riverculture for dummies lesson #2: THAT’S HOW YOU FISH IN THE VOLGA

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Some river culture on Engels embankment

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An interview with a yachtsman from Saratov who just arrived to Volgograd from his voyage