Kyrgyz women washing up after killing a sheep on the jailoo - summer pastures tucked into the Tian Shan in central Kyrgyzstan. A traditionally nomadic
Kyrgyz women washing up after killing a sheep on the jailoo - summer pastures tucked into the Tian Shan in central Kyrgyzstan. A traditionally nomadic country, most of the Kyrgyz herdsmen were collectivised during the Soviet days, which included Kyrgyzstan as a state of the empire. The fall of the Soviet Union in 1992 witnessed many nomads return to life in a tent. The Kyrgyz say that they are descendents of the Mongols - in particular, Genghis Khan himself. Although, their facial features and cultural habits align them more with the Turks. The sheep was killed in honour of their friends who had just made a journey to visit them. Their husbands were too hung-over to help.
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