Nomadic Kazakhs expressed their profound attachment to the Motherland through sayings that reveal the depth of their worldview: “ Бөгде елде сұлтан болғанша, ез еліңде ұлтан бол ”- “It is better to be an insole in one’s homeland than a sultan in exile,” and « кіндік қаным тамған жер » “the land sprinkled with the blood of my umbilical cord.” These expressions reflect the belief that the land of one’s birth is an intimate extension of the self, bound to memory, lineage, a