“I’d kill this impostor on the spot,” said Eltai Muptekeyev, who makes his living in Almaty by posing for photos with a blindfolded falcon clinging to a thick leather glove on his hand.Īs Sacha Baron Cohen’s movie about his bigoted, English-mangling creation Borat Sagdiyev hits screens in Europe and the United States, the outrage among Kazakhs over the way their nation is being represented has not gone away.īorat has told the world that Kazakhs are addicted to horse urine, enjoy shooting dogs, view rape and incest as respectable hobbies and are fond of “running of the Jew” festivals. Borat, beware: Accept an invitation by a top Kazakh official to find out what the country is like and you could be in for a nasty surprise.
