Kalpaks and Horse Games

I have to apologize for yesterday's post. It actually was tooooo random to be posted. It just wasn't my day. Today I was very "saanjata" (busy). I "rabotala" (worked) a little bit on a German-English translation, studied some "Russki Jasik" (Russian), met with "moja" (my) Russian/German/Kyrgyz-study-mate and went out to play "nastolni tennis" (table tennis) with Philipp and his assistant Elina in the evening.

Didn't take any pics today, so I'll show you ones I took a while ago. These are the traditional Kyrgyz felt hats called "Kalpak". Mostly elderly men wear them, more people wear it in rural areas and especially for special occasions - celebrations, holidays, weddings, funerals etc. For a short summary on traditional Kyrgyz clothing look on this webiste.

The next holiday I know of will be the Kyrgyz independence day by the end of August. I'm already looking forward to it, because I love being among many people and watching horse games. The horse games are also a big Kyrgyz tradition. Unfortunately they don't have many in Bishkek anymore. But they do on Independence Day. I've already been there last year, and I really wanna go again this summer.

P.S. By the way, I decided that people being photographed from the back will be my personal photographic art signature! Once you'll see my photographs in famous galleries, you'll remember this very blog entry. :)