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100 Tenge Sündet toi - Circumcision
| Issuer | National Bank of Kazakhstan |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Diameter | 33 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a celebratory scene of the Sündet toi (circumcision feast), a traditional Kazakh rite of passage, rendered in a folk-art relief style. At the center, a young boy dressed in festive attire rides on horseback, surrounded by a procession of traditionally costumed figures — musicians, dancers, and well-wishers — arranged in a semicircular composition across the lower field. An arched rainbow motif surmounts the scene in the upper field, beneath a row of decorative dots framing the arc. The legend 'SÚNDET TOI' is inscribed in bold relief along the upper rim. The date '2020' appears in the lower exergue area, flanked by symmetrical Kazakh ornamental scroll devices. |
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Sündet toi is the Kazakh celebration surrounding male circumcision, traditionally marked by a significant family gathering and feast — one of the most important rites of passage in Kazakh culture, predating the region's Islamization but later reinforced by it. This coin is part of Kazakhstan's ongoing "Qazaqtyń Salт-Dästürleri" (Customs and Traditions of the Kazakhs) series, which the National Bank launched to document nomadic and folk practices that faced suppression during the Soviet period.