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CRAFTLeather and Fur Art Processing

Leather and fur art products of wild animals and pets have become a part of the Kyrgyz people’s life, and till the nation’s settlement it was a daily, necessary attribute of a nomadic life.

Submitted by tumar on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 11:01

CRAFTMatting (chii)

Chii products of Kyrgyzs have high artistry, which is smooth and high, rigid and smooth lake reed. These are mats (chii, chygdyn, ashkana chii) and hinged doors in yurta (eshik chii).

Submitted by tumar on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 10:56

CRAFTWood Art Processing

Applied art of Kyrgyzs, as well as of any nations, is closely connected to their everyday life, conditions of life. This connection becomes apparent in all kinds of traditional art and, in particular, in wood products.

Submitted by tumar on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 10:55

CRAFTClothes

The valuable sources for study of Kyrgyz clothes are ethnographical collections which are kept in Russian State Ethnographical Museum, in History Museum of Uzbekistan, in Historical Museum of Kyrgyz Academy of Science.

Submitted by tumar on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 10:53

CRAFTMetal processing

In speaking of this kind of activity, involuntarily a question comes out —whether Kyrgyzs knew metal in old time? What place did it take in the nation’s daily life?

Submitted by tumar on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 10:51

CRAFTCeramics

Ceramics is considered as one of the ancient handicraft materials, which was mastered and well known in the epoch of Late Stone Age - the utensils with paintings, relief, engraving patterns, shapes of people and animals.

Submitted by tumar on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 10:49

CRAFTFelt

Kyrgyz felt ornamented products such as carpets, bags, bags for household goods as well as objects for decorative purposes have been inalienable part of everyday life of a typical nomadic Kyrgyz man.

Submitted by tumar on Mon, 07/11/2011 - 23:52

CRAFTYurta. Description and construction order of yurta

In the past the character of house-hold of Kyrgyz was nomad’s, which left the deep tracks on material culture. The style of housing construction, the items of house-hold, the transportation all of it depended on conditions of life, on steady seasonal migration.

Submitted by tumar on Mon, 07/11/2011 - 23:50

CRAFTWeaving

Weaving took the main place in household production of Kyrgyz people. There were created different wool cloths-“taar”, which was made for making clothes and items of domestic use.

Submitted by tumar on Mon, 07/11/2011 - 23:34