CBT Festivals and Events Calendar 2007
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Event |
Date |
Place |
Brief description |
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National Applied Arts Festival |
May, 19 Saturday |
Karalma village (55 km from Jalalabat, Jalalabat Oblast) |
Demonstration of preparation kurak and terme – patterns of national applied arts, cooking of national dishes, folk show and national games. |
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National Cuisine and Utensils Festival |
June, 16 Saturday |
Sarala-Saz jailoo (65km northwest of Kochkor Village, Naryn Oblast) |
Demonstration of cooking and testing of traditional courses from the oldest times involving participants. Explanation of recipes and stages of dish cooking. Traditional music and national games. |
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Felt Festival |
July, 7 Saturday |
Kara-Too village, (near Kochkor, Naryn Oblast) |
Display the techniques of dying wool and manufacturing felt and national souvenirs; an explanation of patterns and ornaments used in traditional crafts; exhibition and sale of felt items and other handicrafts; weaving straw wall hangings (chiy); demonstration of yurt erecting. |
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Cleaning up at Son-Köl Lake |
July, 14-15 Saturday, Sunday |
Son-Kol Lake (northern lakeshore, 100 km from Kochkor Village, Naryn oblast) |
Cleaning up; national group games (arkan tartmai, jooluk tashtamai and others); folklore show; display of making national felt and woven items; song contest; campfire; horseback riding (optional). |
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Kyrgyz National Ceremonies and Traditions Festival |
July, 21-22 Saturday Sunday |
Outskirts of Middle Ages Karavan Saray Tash-Rabat (Naryn Oblast) |
Display of Kyrgyz national traditions and rites (wedding ceremony, lying to the cradle of the baby, celebration of the first baby’s steps etc). Playing on national musical instruments. Trip to high mountainous lake Chatyr-Kul and excursion to Karavan Saray |
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National Horse Games Festival |
July, 28 Saturday |
Sarala-Saz jailoo (65 km northwest of Kochkor Village, Naryn oblast) |
National horse games; Folklore show; Kyrgyz cuisine; exhibition and sale of handicrafts. |
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Festival of Folklore and Cuisine
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July, 29 Sunday |
Kok-Jaiyk area, Jeti-Oguz Gorge (55km from Karakol, Issyk-Kul oblast) |
Display of making felt; contest of folklore groups (traditional music, songs and dance); national cuisine contest (Dungan, Kyrgyz, Russian-Ukrainian, Tartar, Uigur-Uzbek cuisines); hiking in Kök-Jaiyk; cleaning up of Kok-Jayik outskirts (optional) |
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Birds of Prey Festival |
August, 4-5 Saturday Sunday |
Manzhyly-Ata area (Issyk-Kul Lake, southern lakeshore, 12km from Bokonbaevo Village, Issyk-Kul oblast) |
Demonstration of falconry; tasting national dishes in a yurt camp; folklore show; exhibition and sale of handicrafts and souvenirs; visiting sacred places described in local legends. |
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Kyrgyz Kochu Festival |
August, 11-12 Saturday Sunday |
From the southern shore of Son-Kul lake to Kurtka Village (Naryn oblast) |
Traditional annual moving of households from high-altitude mountain pastures-jailoo to valleys. National games (kyz kuumai, tiyun enmei, er enish etc). National music and cuisine join in a demonstration of dismantling a yurt. |
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National Horse Games and Traditions Festival |
August, 18-19 Saturday Sunday |
From Bel-Tam to Jaychy Area (southern lakeshore, Issyk-Kul oblast) |
National horse games; folklore show; demonstration of wedding ceremony with the escorting of bride to new nomad’s camp; tasting of Kyrgyz cuisine. |
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