Women of all nations; a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence . to goout into the street. Old women who aretoo infirm for active housework are setto pick the cotton from the pods andspread it out ready to be sewn into winter robes of both men and womenare quilted with cotton, and this gives thema somewhat bulkv appearance. The nomadic Kirgiz, who settle in camps outside the towns in winter, and wander in the mountains and the steppes m L l/S>Z in summer, are also followers ofNomads. Islam, but they are far lessfanatical than the Sarts. Their wome
Women of all nations; a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence . to goout into the street. Old women who aretoo infirm for active housework are setto pick the cotton from the pods andspread it out ready to be sewn into winter robes of both men and womenare quilted with cotton, and this gives thema somewhat bulkv appearance. The nomadic Kirgiz, who settle in camps outside the towns in winter, and wander in the mountains and the steppes m L l/S>Z in summer, are also followers ofNomads. Islam, but they are far lessfanatical than the Sarts. Their womenare given much more freedom, and theydo not mind showing their faces. All thehard work in a Kirgiz household is doneby the women ; they put up the yurtas or tents, and they make the felt with whichthey are covered. Hard work makes thesewomen very strong, and they look likesturdy men when they come riding straddle-back to the Sart bazaars. Between Bokhara and the Caspian Seathere stretches the wide and sandy steppeof Transcaspia, which is inhabited byanother race of nomads—the Tekke Turko-. The TekkeTurkomans A RICH FAMILY OF KOKAND. mans. These people live in felt-coveredkibitkas, or round tents ; a rich man gener-allv has a tent for himselfand one for each wife. Theinterior of a Turkoman kibitkais hung with native carpets and saddlebags,which give it a very warm and cosy appear-ance ; these carpets are made by Turko-man women during the summer months,and often fetch a very high price. Turkoman women may go where theylike: they are unveiled, and mix freelywith the other sex from their earliest are not beautiful, unless descendedfrom Persian slaves, and the purer theirblood the flatter their noses and the highertheir cheekbones. Every Turkoman woman who can affordit wears masses of heavy silver jewellerystudded with agates, while the very poor WOMEN OF ALL NATIONS content themselves with imitations of thereal tiling. Their most striking Turkoman ornament is a
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