A Kyrgyz woman stitches felt outside her yurta - a traditional felt tent able to withstand extreme cold on the jailoo - summer pastures tucked into th
A Kyrgyz woman stitches felt outside her yurta - a traditional felt tent able to withstand extreme cold 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 sheep is the most important animal for the Kyrgyz, providing wool for felt carpets, clothes and tents, milk for cheese, and meat.
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