Customs

OTHER CUSTOMS Chingish Aji When a nomadic caravan passes through a foreign aul, it is greeted with kumys or ayran, ...

Games. Games in alchik (chukyo): urda, kan (a women’s game where alchik are piled on both hands and scattered on the ...

PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT 1 Osh District Ray Kuvaev Kudaiy — a prayer with sacrifices is performed both to prevent ...

SACRIFICES, CELEBRATIONS, MAGICAL ACTIONS r.ch. Big Kebin Tulëö — a sacrifice, for example, a prayer for rain during a ...

HEALING If someone falls ill, a kid is placed near their yurt with its head facing west, neighbors are called, the kid ...

AGRICULTURE Alamedinka solto-bolokbay At the beginning of sowing, someone from the people gives the first handful from ...

Customs during Calving Talas kainazar After calving, they prepare uus kojo39. Everyone eats in the presence of the ...

Camel Calves solto-bolokbai In winter, the rams are driven into the gorge, while the horses graze in the steppe near ...

Protectors of Livestock and Attitudes Toward Them Karakoil-Susamyr solto If a camel does not stumble while crossing ...

Ash: first day (kemegesin chavat) sayak Horse races on the day of digging the hearths for the memorial feast. The ...

Memorials (Terms) Frunze Canton Memorial services are held on the third, seventh, 40th days, and on the anniversary of ...

Death — The First Day Osh District Gorbata — horse races held on the same day as the funeral. ...