21. CSEEES - Kyrgyzstan culture . Holidays - Kyrgyzstan Ever wondered what holidays they celebrate in Kyrgyzstan? Here s your chance to find out! http://www.duke.edu/web/CSEEES/kyrgyz.html

main page About the CSEEES Undergraduate Slavic Studies Graduate Slavic Studies ... Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Latvia Lithuania Macedonia Moldova ... Yugoslavia click here to see Kyrgyzstan's flag click here to see a map of Kyrgyzstan full name: Kyrgyz Republic local name: Kyrgyz Respublikasy languages: Kirghiz (Kyrgyz), Russian currency: 1 Kyrgyzstani som (KGS) = 100 tyiyn independence: 31 August 1991 (from Soviet Union) total area: 198,500 sq km comparative area: slightly smaller than South Dakota borders: China, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan population: 4,522,281 (July 1998) life expectancy: male 59.45 years, female 68.3 years general travel language culture ... Kyrgyzstan Resource Page A large selection of links on Kyrgyzstani history, culture, travel, media, business, news and more Kyrgyzstan FREENET homepage information on history, geography, literature and culture Kyrgyzstan: business and tourist directory information on economy, banking, transport, folk history and tourism Kyrgyzstan - A Country Study The Library of Congress page, full of historical, societal, economic and political information Lonely Planet - Destination Kyrgyzstan The publishers of some of the best travel guides on the market have made available a condensed version of the information that you'd find in their book on Kyrgyzstan. Heavily abridged, but still very useful.

22. IExplore Community: Kyrgyzstan Tourism, Things To Do In Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyzstan T Read firsthand travel reviews and see vacation pictures of Kyrgyzstan and other places around the kyrgyzstan culture Nightlife. No entries available. http://community.iexplore.com/planning/destinationHome.asp?LocationID=208

23. Kyrgyzstan Vacations, Kyrgyzstan Travel, Kyrgyzstan Luxury Resorts, Kyrgyzstan H Kyrgyzstan Vacations Virtuoso Kyrgyzstan Travel Consultants Recommended by Conde Nast Kyrgyzstan Overview Kyrgyzstan History kyrgyzstan culture http://www.travelwizard.com/asia/Kyrgyzstan_Overview.html

Kyrgyzstan Luxury Vacations, Kyrgyzstan Cruises, and Kyrgyzstan Hotels Guide Site Index Kyrgyzstan Vacation Guide: Romantic Kyrgyzstan Hotels and Honeymoons Kyrgyzstan Vacations and Cruise Consultants Asia Luxury Vacations: Call 1-800 330 8820 to book. Open Every day! Asia Vacations Bali Vacations Bhutan Vacations Cambodia Vacations China Vacations ... Turkey Vacations Turkmenistan Vacations Uzbekistan Vacations Vietnam Vacations Brunei Kazakhstan ... North Korea Luxury Cruise Guides Luxury Cruises World Luxury Cruises Asia River Cruises Travel Agent Career Opportunities ... Bookmark this page Kyrgyzstan: Overview In this section you will find great Kyrgyzstan Luxury Resorts and Hotels. All-inclusive Kyrgyzstan Resorts. Romantic Kyrgyzstan Honeymoon Destinations. Kyrgyzstan Yachting Vacations. Kyrgyzstan Cruises. Kyrgyzstan Luxury Villas-Plus tons of enjoyable virtual tours and streaming videos-You will find everything here, all the insider's secrets. The Kyrgyz Republic (formerly known as Kyrgyzstan) is a newly independent nation in Central Asia undergoing profound political and economic change. Tourist facilities are not highly developed, and many of the goods and services taken for granted in other countries are not yet available. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: A passport and visa as well as an invitation are required. For further information regarding entry requirements, contact the Embassy of the Kyrgyz Republic at 1732 Wisconsin Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20007, telephone (202)338-5141. Transiting travelers holding visas for Russia or other neighboring New Independent States, except Georgia and Tajikistan, are allowed to stay in the Kyrgyz Republic for up to three days.

24. EurasiaNet Culture An essay in image and sound (Real Audio format). http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/culture/articles/eav011700.shtml

Eurasia Insight Analysis of current affairs Deals, Developments, and Trends Environment Hazards and Solutions Expert and Observer Interviews Culture News, Book Reviews, and Photo Essays Human Rights Monitoring and Actions Recaps Summaries of Expert Meetings Letters to the Editor East of Magnum An Online Photo Exhibition EurasiaNet Partners Contributing Sites Grants and Employment Opportunities in Central Eurasia Search EurasiaNet Eurasia Policy Forum Drug Policy, HIV/AIDS and the Public Health Crisis in Central Asia Caspian Revenue Watch CULTURE The Musical Instruments of Kyrgyzstan: A EurasiaNet Essay in Image and Sound 1/26/01 Kyrgyzstan's rich cultural heritage can be traced to its place on the ancient Silk Road, where ideas, musical instruments, and melodies were transported along with the silk which gave this route its name. Here, the Soros Foundation - Kyrgyzstan has assembled a collection of Kyrgyz musical instruments. Click below to begin browsing the collection. Click any instrument to hear a

25. Bashiri Working Papers On Central Asia And Iran Several articles and photos about the history, culture and art of Kazakhstan, kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenstan, Uzbekistan and Iran. Both original and translated works. http://www.iles.umn.edu/faculty/bashiri/title.html

Working Papers on Central Asia and Iran Prepared by Professor Iraj Bashiri e-mail: bashi001@umn.edu web: bashiris.com Central Asia Iran Tajikistan Update ... Tajikistan in the 20th Century Introductory Note: The cultures of Central Asia and Iran share a number of remarkable features. They are Islamic, albeit Sunnite and Shi'ite, and they enjoy a common cosmology and mythology. Additionally, they share the same early history. Indeed, until the rise of the Western Turks and the subsequent coming of the Turks and Mongols to Central Asia, the primary population of the region was Iranian. As descendants of the earlier Indo-European peoples, they followed the teachings of Zoroaster and worshiped his God, Ahura Mazda. From the foregoing, we can conclude that any social, political, or ideological study of the early history of this region must take this common heritage into consideration. To respect the shared values of the Iranian and the Central Asian peoples, therefore, the following arrangement is adhered to. The more recent events appear under "Central Asia" and "Iran" respectively. The ancient and medieval issues that cannot be logically divided appear under "Central Asia and Iran." This web page covers a vast area from Africa to India and from Kazakhstan to the Persian Gulf. It also

26. FANTASIA -> Fantastic Asia Ltd Company Information Trekking, Silk Road, horseback, climbing, adventure and other tours in kyrgyzstan and neighbouring countries. Useful travel related information, travel tips, history, culture, etc. http://www.fantasticasia.net/?p=9

27. Kyrgyzstan : Culture : Selected Internet Resources (Portals To The World, Librar Selected Internet Resources country . Portals to the World contain selective links providing authoritative, indepth information about the nations and http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/amed/kyrgyzstan/resources/kyrgyzstan-culture

The Library of Congress Global Gateway Portals to the World Find in Portals Web Pages Global Gateway Pages All Library Web Pages Culture: Kyrgyzstan Includes performing and visual arts, film, music, museums, theater, folklore. Check sites listed under 'General' for more information and under 'Search Engines' for more sites. Created and maintained by the Collections and Services Directorate DMOZ Open Directory Project - Kyrgyzstan (http://dmoz.org/Regional/Asia/Kyrgyzstan/) Major website giving access to many important subject areas. Encyclopedia.com (http://www.encyclopedia.com) From the Electronic Library, searching the Encyclopedia.com by country provides numerous narrative articles on, inter alia, its history, culture, politics. Library of Congress Country Study: Kyrgyzstan (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/tmtoc.html) Handbook on Kyrgyzstan produced be the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress. Open Directory Portal Page on Islam (http://dmoz.org/Society/Religion%5Fand%5FSpirituality/Islam/Quran/) The Open Directory Projects portal page on Islam offers hundreds of citations on various aspects of Islam as practiced around te globe, as well as sites which contain the complete Arabic and English texts of the Koran. Kyrgyzstan is a country the majority of whose population is nominally Muslim.

28. Kyrgyzstan : General Resources : Selected Internet Resources (Portals To The Wor kyrgyzstan is a recently independent country with an ancient culture. Until 1991 it was a part of the USSR, previous to that, beginning in about 1850 it was http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/amed/kyrgyzstan/resources/kyrgyzstan-general

The Library of Congress Global Gateway Portals to the World Find in Portals Web Pages Global Gateway Pages All Library Web Pages General Resources: Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan is a recently independent country with an ancient culture. Until 1991 it was a part of the USSR, previous to that, beginning in about 1850 it was a part of the Russian Empire. From ancient times, until becoming part of the Russian Empire, the Kyrgyz were an important people associated with the states of Central Asia and China from ancient times. The attached websites give access to many aspects of Kyrgyz culture and history. For Library of Congress contact information and materials, consult the Kyrgyzstan Country page of the Near East Section of the African and Middle Eastern Division. The Library of Congress Online Catalog Thomas Legislative Information page Created and maintained by the Collections and Services Directorate CIA The World Factbook (http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/)

29. Kyrgyzstan:Culture Nearly everyone in kyrgyzstan is Muslim, but Islam has sat relatively lightly but have come to be associated with the Kyrgyz people and culture partly http://www.cac-biodiversity.org/kgz/kgz_culture.htm

Your browser does not support script Welcome to Kyrgyzstan Country Profile Visitor's Notepad Maps ... Photo Gallery PGR in Kyrgyzstan Institutions PGR Unit Members Status of Database Collection Missions ... PGR Projects Nearly everyone in Kyrgyzstan is Muslim, but Islam has sat relatively lightly on the Kyrgyz people. The geographically isolated southern provinces tend to be more conservative and Islamicised than the industrialised, Russified north. Ancient but still important tribal affiliations further reinforce the north-south differences. The Kyrgyz language has not been imposed on non-speakers in Kyrgyzstan (as Uzbek has in Uzbekistan), and the use of Russian persists, especially in the north. Central Asian literature has traditionally been popularised in the form of songs, poems and stories by itinerant minstrels, called akyn . But the Kyrgyz are also associated with something rather more complex - an entire cycle of oral legends, 20 times longer than the Odyssey, about a hero-of-heroes called Manas. k y r g y z s t a n The stories are part of a wider, older tradition, but have come to be associated with the Kyrgyz people and culture partly because Soviet scholars 'gave' Manas to them in efforts to create separate cultures for the various Central Asian peoples. Although the oral tradition is pretty much dead, Manas is still a figure for the Kyrgyz to hang their dreams on. Kyrgyzstan has two well-known living authors - Chinghiz Aitmatov and Kazat Akmatov.

30. WillGoTo : Kyrgyzstan, Culture kyrgyzstan culture. kyrgyzstan culture Events (0/0). World heritage (UNESCO) (1/1). Museums (0/0). Music and song (0/0) http://www.willgoto.com/1/033134/liens.aspx

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31. Culture. Kyrgyzstan. In Southern kyrgyzstan, men and women may eat in separate rooms. As part of this culture, however, it was usual for visitors to leave something behind http://www.svetlanasbrides.com/kyrgyzstan/culture/culture.htm

Culture shock - some “bits and pieces” Gestures To attract attention raise your hand and say “kechiresiz” – or more simply : “oy” To apologise the Kyrgyz place their right hand, palm flat against the chest – sometimes they use both hands. This gesture is also sometimes used when serving tea or when welcoming someone. You beckon someone the whole hand is used – not just a single finger  the hand is held palm up and the fingers are repeated curled and unfurled. To pinch your cheek, or rub your cheek in a downward motion, is used to signify that someone has done something bad, or shameful. Greetings Shaking hands – men shake hands – but usually women do not. (A recent trend is for business women to shake hands). Men often shake with both hands to show respect – the left hand patting the top of the other persons hand – although there are variations  one man may shake with the right hand whilst tapping the other person’s shoulder with his left hand and, in the South, men might shake with the right hand holding his left to his breast. Don’t shake hands across a thresh-hold. When women meet they usually bow slightly – even from afar. They sometimes greet each other by touching right cheeks without actually kissing – although an older woman may place a kiss on the cheek of a younger woman. It is considered polite for younger and foreign women to kiss elderly women on the cheek.

32. FRONTLINE/WORLD . Kyrgyzstan - The Kidnapped Bride . Links | PBS UNESCO culture Sector kyrgyzstan UNESCO is sponsoring an ecotourism project in kyrgyzstan in conjunction with the Novinomad Ecotourism Development Company. http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/kyrgyzstan/links.html

makenav(2,1); THE STORY Synopsis of "The Kidnapped Bride" INTERVIEW WITH THE PETER LOM Marriage by Abduction PHOTO ESSAY: On the Roof of the World Economy, Government, Bride Kidnapping Society and Culture, Women's Rights/Human Rights MAP REACT TO THIS STORY Should the international community intervene when cultural traditions clash with modern notions of women's rights? General Background Society and Culture Bride Kidnapping Women's Rights/Human Rights ... Media Resources General Background BBC News Country Profile: Kyrgyzstan The BBC profile of Kyrgyzstan offers information on the country's political landscape and media resources and a timeline of key events shaping the country. Lonely Planet World Guide: Kyrgyzstan The travel guide series says that Kyrgyzstan "is perhaps the most accessible and welcoming of the Central Asian republics." The Web site contains a slideshow, demographic facts about the country and lists of places to see. The site also contains important cultural information on the country. The Kyrgyzstan Freenet The Kyrgyzstan Freenet is an Internet portal operating out of Kyrgyzstan. It claims to be the first of its kind in the nation. In addition to offering Yellow Pages-type information on Kyrgyzstan and country-specific links grouped under headings like "Business, Market Reform and Corruption," the site also contains Central Asian news bulletins and links to NGOs operating in Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia.

33. AKC Kyrgyz Concept :: About Kyrgyzstan :: Culture Like in the history of other nations, in Kyrgyz culture of ancient times social Centuries have passed but in kyrgyzstan there are still nomads who hunt http://eng.concept.kg/kg/culture

Guest Book Site map News subscription: Subscribe Unsubscribe About Kyrgyzstan Airagency Accommodation Visa services Conference management Car rental Air cargo services Tourism VIP services Issyk-Kul resorts Lh-Free-Transfer Job Translation services Kyrgyz Concept Osh Culture Nomadic way of life: This way of living appeared as the necessity to shepherd many flocks of sheep on seasonal pastures of different heights. This lifestyle led to the isolation of families, had to go up to high mountains, where were enough grass for livestock. This exactly acts as the unique reason of hospitality of Kyrgyz people. Guests had brought news; guests were new people, with whom they may talk to . For guests offered the best and they were long-awaited people for Kyrgyz. Ancient dwelling of Nomads – the Yurta. An experienced master may complete the yurta within one month, but it will serve decades. Yurt is accompanied people during their whole life – it is moved around with them, and when a man dies, his relatives set yurta near his home, to express their sorrow and respect memory to the dead. The yurt consists of wood carcass and felt. It is easily removable and transportable from one place to another. When setting the yurt, firstly placed the jamb and hung a door, later on set wood grids (kerege), constituting the walls. Tunduk (wood circle of top piece of the yurt) connected to the kerege with long bent perches. Later on the kerege wrapped in ornamented felt, mats and covered with parts of felt different shapes and size, and tied up in narrow embroidered stripes and cords. The yurt settlement takes about one hour.

34. KYRGYZSTAN Arts And Culture Links kyrgyzstan Arts and culture Links. culture Central Asian Monuments Edited by HB Paksoy Images of kyrgyzstan - Johnathon Barthe http://www.eurasianet.org/resource/kyrgyzstan/links/arts.shtml

home about partners events ... site map COUNTRIES DEPARTMENTS Eurasia Insight Civil Society CARTOON DISPATCH From Central Asia -Ted Rall Photo Essays KYRGYZSTAN ARTS AND CULTURE LINKS Arts Pictures of Traditional Art from the Kyrgyz People Kyrgyzstan Art Information Center The Celebration of the 100th Aniversary of the Manas Epos Muras - Kyrgyz Folk Music Group ... The National Library of the Krygyz Republic Culture Central Asian Monuments - Edited by H.B. Paksoy Images of Kyrgyzstan - Johnathon Barthe Photographs of Kyrgyzstan The Kyrgyzstan Freenet Web Portal Language The UCLA Language Materials Project : Krygyz Profile Summer Institute of Linguistics. Ethnologue Database- Kyrgyzstan List of North Armerican Schools that Teach Kirgiz from the University of Minnesota Kyrgyz Fonts Alpamysh: Central Asian Identity under Russian Rule, by H.B. Paksoy

35. Culture - Kyrgyzstan Development Gateway The Kyrgyz culture has been greatly influenced by the nomadic heritage The Kyrgyz culture has been greatly influenced by the nomadic heritage. http://eng.gateway.kg/culture

Style: Small Large community registration site map about team ... Development Here you are: Main Society /Culture Forum Culture Kyrgyz People and Culture "At the beginning of mankind, God gave land to every people, according to their talents and personality He distributed fertile valleys, rocky mountains, dry deserts, forests, and everything the world had to offer. At the end of the distribution, God noticed the Kyrgyz, who had been sleeping at the foot of a tree, when everybody else was fighting for the best part of the world. This carelessness touched God so much in his very heart, that He decided to give him an especially fertile and beautiful part of the world, so he wouldn't have to work too hard to survive." Kyrgyz Legend The Kyrgyz are traditionally Nomads, who originally came from Sibiria and then moved to the south until what today is Kyrgyzstan . The have always been living with cattle, especially sheep and horses from the very beginning were important animals, but also cows and goats are being raised, as well as donkeys for the smallest of the family to ride them. Well, horse-back riding is one of the most important parts of Kyrgyz culture, and a Kyrgyz saying even tells us: "If you would have only one day to live, you should spend at least half of it in the saddle."

36. Culture Ministry To Be Set Up In Kyrgyzstan - Kyrgyzstan Development Gateway The culture Ministry will be set up in kyrgyzstan. President of the Kyrgyz Republic Askar Akaev said at a solemn meeting dedicated to the Day of Cultural http://eng.gateway.kg/cgi-bin/page.pl?id=28&story_name=doc5379.shtml

37. Kirgizihsztán / Kyrgyzstan :: Culture & Tourism Links : Kulturális és Idegenf International catalogue of culture and tourism. Internationaler kultureller und touristischer Katalog. Nemzetközi kulturális és idegenforgalmi katalógus. http://katalogus.kulturinfo.hu/kg.html

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38. Kyrgyzstan: UNESCO Culture Sector culture Collection of National Copyright Laws Asia and the Pacific kyrgyzstan The law applicable in kyrgyzstan is the Law on copyright and related http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=15414&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECT

Send Contact var static_ko="15414"; var static_section="201"; var static_langue="en"; Africa Arab States Asia and the Pacific Europe and North America ... Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan Website of the Kyrgyzstan on intellectual property : www.kyrgyzpatent.kg Official Text-1 © UNESCO Updated: 2003-12-18 3:46 pm Resources

39. Kyrgyzstan: UNESCO Culture Sector The UNESCO project in kyrgyzstan, set up in partnership with the Novinomad in promoting both kyrgyzstan and the Issy Kul region as cultural and http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=2204&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTI

var static_ko="2204"; var static_section="201"; var static_langue="en"; Send Printer friendly version Contact Cultural Eco-tourism ... Tajikistan Kyrgyzstan Tourism in Kyrgyzstan is increasing by 15 – 20 % annually, tourists being attracted by the country’s magnificent and unspoilt scenery, which includes Lake Issy Kul, a Biosphere Reserve of the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB) and area of the UNESCO project in Kyrgyzstan. Kyrgyzstan is mostly unspoilt mountain country and high grassy meadows (NoviNomad) Located 1600m above sea level among the mountain peaks of the Tien Shen Mountain range, Lake Issy Kul is some 170km long and 70km wide, making it the second-largest alpine lake in the world after Lake Titicaca in South America. Nearly 95% of Kyrgyzstan is unspoilt mountain country, the setting for high, grassy meadows boasting antelope, ibex, rare snow leopards and brown bears, as well as for dramatic glaciers and snow-bound peaks. Lake Issy Kul, surrounded by hotels and health spas, is an ideal base for ecotourism activities in Kyrgyzstan, including swimming, hiking and mountain climbing. The UNESCO project in Kyrgyzstan, set up in partnership with the Novinomad Ecotourism Development Company, is setting up an association of ecotourism service providers, the country having a growing tourism industry and a wealth of natural and cultural resources, but little experience in managing the growth of tourism in a sustainable way.

40. IRIN Asia Asia KYRGYZSTAN KYRGYZSTAN Micro-credit Promotes kyrgyzstan Microcredit promotes rural business culture Changing the culture is the key to success, say staff involved in the micro-enterprise http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=47899&SelectRegion=Asia

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