Regions

Good day, my reader.
Today I wish describe about regions of my motherland
Kyrgyzstan comprises from 7 regions, which include more than 80 nationalities and population is more than 5 million They are living in concert and very democracy. Now I want describe about regions separatly.
Osh is second city in Kyrgyzstan, located in south side of country and border with Uzbekiston, Tajikiston and China, populatin is over than 1 million and mostly people speak with uzbek's dialect. There are a lot of interesting placeses, very famous and very visitable is "Sulaiman too", which situated in central part of city.
Jalalabad. City with very interesting and very impressing places. located in south-central part of Kyrgyzstan. Population around 0.9 million people. Majority of population engaged in agricultura. There are a big hazlenut forest "Arslanbab", beutiful lake "Sary Chelek" and a lot of sourcase of healing waters.
Batken is third region in south side of Kyrgyzstan, border with Uzbekiston, Tajikiston. This region is very poor region becouse at that region always problem with drinking water and irrigation as well. there are flowers that no where in the world does not occur except Batken. There are flowers "Aigul" that no where in the world doesn`t occur except Batken.
Talas is city, which located in north-west of country. Population around 0.6 milloin people, border with Kazakhstan. Legendary hero Manas from epic of "Manas" was from Talas. there are a large museum from hero Manas.
Naryn very mauntain side of country, border with China.  People usually are pastoralists, and very actualy hunting. River - "Naryn darya" provide irrigation half of country, privide largest electrostation "Toktogul". There are winter tourism and alpinism as well.
Issykul - is pearl of Kyrgyzstan. Beutiful, solted lake, very halthy to body, summer and winter tourism is very cool.
Chui very closest to capital region. border with Kazakhstan. Population around 1 million, diferent ethnic group. 

Traditions and customs of Kyrgyzstan

Ok my friends, lets continue our introduction about Kyrgyzstan
As I promised, today I will describe you about the traditions and customs of my country 

Kyrgyz movable home - bozui
 Kyrgyz culture has been greatly influenced by their nomadic heritage. It is reflected in the way a household was run, in customs and rites. People decorated their homes with items that were both beautiful and practical. The masterpiece of folk creation is the Kyrgyz bozui which was easy to assemble and transport from place to place.
 Over the years, not only the bozui as a whole, but its interior has changed. The right side of the bozui was considered the women's part and the left side was for men.The place opposite of entrance was considered an honorary position. In the bozui, people are always surrounded by comfortable carpets, woven and embroidered covers, blankets and pillows and other items often made by the mistress herself. Materials that she uses include felt, fleecy cloth, furs, textiles, and cheegrass; the main decorations are bright colors and ornamentation.
 
Kyrgyz music instruments
Komuz - crafted from a single piece of wood, with three strings that are played by plucking. The modern komuz is about 85-90 cm long with strings made of kapron.The komuz is a standard member of any kyrgyz folk music group. According to legend, the first komuz was made by the hunter. 
Kiyak - a string and bow instrument 60-70 cm in length. The traditional kiyak is made from the wood of an apricot tree and has two strings of untwisted horse hair. Horse hair is also used for bow. 

Kyrgyz food
 Kyrgyz people  likes meat and almost all food is heavy on meat, dairy, and bread,. Some of them: besh barmak, manty, kuurdak, shorpo. In every big cities you can find Kyrgyz cuisine for example in Chicago 8 kyrgyz restorants.

Among a variety of drinks one should be mentioned separately. Kymyz is the most popular drink, made from fermented milk of mare. Bozo is a thick fermented millet drink, slightly carbonated and drunk mostly in the winter. Jarma is drink of fermented barley, drunk mostly in summer

Kyrgyzstan

Hi everybody!

Today I want describe you about my matherland - Kyrgyzstan

Lets start about history. The history of the Kyrgyzstan goes back more than 2000 years. Although geographically isolated by its mountainous location, it had an important role as part of the historical Silk Road trade route which connect east with west part of continent.
Historically Kyrgyzstan was a great power country with several dozen population and powerful army, but any powerful country has own end, also Kyrgyzstan was broken with other new powerful several countries and lost great territory and influence. Even sometimes was part of a lot of  diferent countries.
Today Kyrgyzstan is one of the very democracy, very independent and very beautiful countries. Nature of Kyrgyzstan is virgin, lot of forest, rivers, several lakes, and it riches minerals, metals, in general all elements of table of Mendeleev.

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On next blog I will describe about traditions and customs.