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Kyrgyzstan (Cultures of the World) by David C. King, 2006-03-30
Executive Report on Strategies in Kyrgyzstan, 2000 edition (Strategic Planning Series) by The Kyrgyzstan Research Group, The Kyrgyzstan Research Group, 2000-11-02
Winding road: democratization in Kyrgyzstan.: An article from: Harvard International Review by Jason Schmitt, 1997-06-22
KYRGYZSTAN: An entry from Macmillan Reference USA's <i>Countries and Their Cultures</i> by TIFFANY TUTTLE, 2001
Speaker briefing book: A review of the history, culture and economics of Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan & Russia by Ewa Wasilewska, 1994
Regional Change in Kyrgyzstan: Bazaars, Cross-Border Trade and Social Networks by Emil Nasritdinov, Kevin OÂ´Connor, 2010-04-16
Cultures of the World, Group 24
Women in Kyrgyzstan

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Facts About Aytmatov, Chingiz: Kyrgyzstan, As Discussed In Britannica Compton's
Facts about Aytmatov, Chingiz Kyrgyzstan, as discussed in Britannica Compton's Encyclopedia Kyrgyzstan Culture
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Extractions: document.write(''); Search Site: With all of these words With the exact phrase With any of these words Without these words Home Did you know... Among contemporary Kyrgyz writers, one of the most acclaimed is Chingiz Aytmatov, whose career spanned the Soviet and independent periods. Aytmatov began his career as a journalist in the early 1950s but moved into literary writing in 1963 with his first collection of stories, Povesti gor i stepey (Tales of Mountains and Steppes). Get Random Facts Britannica Content: Other Britannica sites: Australia France India Korea ... SHARE Save to My Workspace All of the media associated with this article appears on the left. Click an item to view it.
Facts About Yurt: Kyrgyzstan, As Discussed In Britannica Compton's Encyclopedia
Facts about yurt Kyrgyzstan, as discussed in Britannica Compton's Encyclopedia Kyrgyzstan Culture
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Extractions: document.write(''); Search Site: With all of these words With the exact phrase With any of these words Without these words Home Did you know... Kyrgyzstan's large rural population maintains a traditional lifestyle. Most live in yurtsâ€”round tents constructed with wooden racks and a domed roof and covered with heavy, waterproof felt cloth. Inside, the yurt is decorated with more felt blankets and rugs, often featuring rich embroidery. Women tend to stay at home, caring for their children and the many daily household tasks, while... Get Random Facts About Us RSS Feeds E-mail Updates ... MORE...
Travel, Trekking, Climbing, Adventure Tourism, Expeditions In Central Asia And K
Web site provides information for adventure travel and tourism in Central Asia and Kyrgyzia with local travel agency Dostuck Trekking. We organize rock climbimg, trekking, auto
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Kyrgyzstan :: Culture -- Kids Encyclopedia | Online Encyclopedia | Kids Online
Kyrgyzstan, Culture The Kyrgyz people enjoy a rich cultural life with many traditions. One of the strongest is the oral literary tradition, which includes epic and lyric poetry.
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Friends Of Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan Culture Sheep and wool. Sheep play a very important role in Kyrgyz culture. Until recent history, the Kyrgyz tribes were nomadic grazing herds of sheep and living
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Extractions: Sheep play a very important role in Kyrgyz culture. Until recent history, the Kyrgyz tribes were nomadic grazing herds of sheep and living in yurts. The Kyrgyz yurt (called a boz-ui in Kyrgyz) is very similar to those commonly seen in Mongolia. In traditional Kyrgyz culture, sheep were the primary source of material. Felt is still made from sheep wool to create the distinctive carpets (shyrdaks) and hats (kalpaks) that can be seen in all regions of Kyrgyzstan today. Sheep also play a vital role in the diet of Kyrgyz people as their main source of protein. The sheep in Kyrgyzstan have been specially bred to have a high fat content and therefore provide the highest possible number of calories to sustain the Kyrgyz people through the long snowy winters. The Kyrgyz people are Muslim. Virtually every village in Kyrgyzstan has a mosque built shortly after the fall of the Soviet Union. Many of the mosques were built with donations from Turkey. Other than the mosques there are very few outward signs of the Muslim faith. The north is particularly secular while people in the south tend to be more religious. In the north you will rarely, if ever, hear the call to prayer for example. While in the bigger towns in the south the call to prayer is a more normal occurrence. While to the outside observer the Kyrgyz people are not very religious and do not hold to some of the stereotypes that the west tends to have about Muslim societies, that in no ways means that the religion is not very important the Kyrgyz and their sense of identity. Being Muslim is considered an integral part of being Kyrgyz and if a Kyrgyz person rejects the faith they are no longer considered Kyrgyz. For example there have been a few people in Kyrgyzstan that have converted to Christianity, particularly to the Baptist denomination. In general these people are ostracized from their villages and families and are met with anger from other Kyrgyz people for "betraying" their Kyrgyz heritage.

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