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The First Teacher, 1965, directed by Andrei Konchalovsky
Starring Natalia Arinbasarova and Bolot Beishenaliev
A former Russian soldier (Bolot Bejshenaliyev) instructs the Leninist doctrine to students in a remote Muslim region [in Kyrgyzstan].
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This is dirt path is the only entrance into the Wakhan Corridor, Afghanistan. I shot this picture as I was starting a four weeks long expedition in the Afghan Hindu Kush a couple of years ago. #afghanistan #wakhan #wakhancorridor #asia #wakhi #kyrgyz #kodakfilm #kodak #hindukush
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Kyrgyz embroidery fragment, Nomads tribal textiles. Silk embroidery on silk velvet, early 20th c. Central Asia.
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Braids of Turkic people
Hair is a sacred thing in Turkic culture like many other shamanic cultures. Hence why women braid their hair in sacred numbers such as 40, 41, 7 etc. Men having long hair is also very normal and they also braid their hair. It’s known that when Turkmens first came to Anatolia their hairstyle was seen rather strange to Anatolia’s peoples. One of the primary sources for men’s hairstyles is that gravestones that can be found in many Turkic countries.
Baatyr Kozhomkul, a Kyrgyz folk hero, carrying his horse.
Kozhomkul was a huge man, who won all the wrestling and competitions of strength that he entered. According to legend, as Kozhomkul was returning home one stormy night, his horse became mired in the deep snow in the Too-Asuu mountain pass. Kozhomkul carried the horse home on his shoulders, as depicted in the statue.
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![amazinglybeautifulphotography: Incredible turquoise lake of Kol-Tor, Kyrgyzstan at sunset [OC] [3987](https://64.media.tumblr.com/082d6f5852640e2cc26f21a2a08de4ca/ffb8e952ae0ec41f-49/s1280x1920/98351b6f7d2220fd6c6506a4947459cecb79b450.jpg "amazinglybeautifulphotography: Incredible turquoise lake of Kol-Tor, Kyrgyzstan at sunset [OC] [3987")
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Incredible turquoise lake of Kol-Tor, Kyrgyzstan at sunset [OC] [3987 x 5981] - Author: aydin_h on reddit
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A Kyrgyz girl carries a pair of lambs to be reunited with their mothers for the night, Wakhan, Afghanistan, 2011.
Photo by Matthieu Paley
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