Kyrgyzstan

The tables we sat it:

There were all sorts of different kinds of tables, some you had to sit at chairs, some you had to sit on the floor, those were almost always in a yurt. There was always bread and tea and bowls of candy, soup and boursouck, tea and sugar.

We tried yellow honey and white honey. The tables were so full that you couldn’t fit anything else. The tables had colorful table clothes. The food almost always smelled great. However in my opinion it did not taste that great.

Four legged transportation:

The nomads had to have a way to transport there lives so they used horses and 2 humped camels. They used camels if they had them because a horse could only carry 200 pounds, but, a camel could carry 500. A yurt for a family would weigh around that much, so a camel could carry 1 yurt.

The Krygstan people would always be ridding horses. I got to ride to ride a horse it was really fun. The names of my horse was exrtra dark chocolate and the other was moon. My second horse moon tried to bite all the other horses, and my first horse was really slow.

KING of the MOUNTAINS:

Krygstan is 94% mountains. The tallest peak is Jengish chokusu it is 24,406feet tall. If you look at a map of the elevation of Krygstan it is mostly red, the only low parts are Bishkek and Is-Kul Lake. Their are also a lot of glaciers here. Being in the mountains was really fun and we got to ride horses. But it was really cold.

The way They Hunt:

The nomads had all sorts of cool ways to hunt. Like they hunted with Tiagans, Eagles, bows and arrows and sometimes snow leopards. How they used Tiagans to hunt was first they let the dogs go to flush out the animals and the eagle would swoop in and kill it with its talons.

Taigans are a hunting breed of dogs. They come from a mix between a saluki and a Tazi. The Saluki is a very fast sight hound from the dessert. There are only used in Krygstan so they can run up to 37mph at high altitudes.

THe Golden eagle was a pretty cool way to hunt. First they find an eagle nest, then see if it has two eggs. If it does they wait till the eaglets are 2 months old. At 2 months they take the a female chick. They like the female because they are bigger and stronger. After they have the eaglet they train it to come back to them for 3 months. Then the bird is ready to hunt. They keep the bird 20 years, then they let it go back to the wild to breed and be free.

The Snow leopard I don’t know how they trained, But I saw petroglyphs of of people hunting with snow leopards.

Seeing the eagles was really fun and especially watching them catch a fox hide. Also we got to shoot a bow and arrow and I was pretty good at it.

They hunted marmots, foxes, Jackals, ibex and Marco Polo sheep.

How nomads live, yurt and felt making :

Every single nomad had there own horse. The men were fighters and hunters, and shepherds and protectors of the family. The women were cooks and took care of the children and cleaning the yurt. The Fathers taught the boys to fight and be shepherds and the women thought there daughters to felt and other stuff.

How to build a yurt: First you have to bend the wood into specific shapes. Then you have to put it together, and cover it in felt. There are no nails in a yurt. Think it would be fun if l could live in a yurt but l think it would also be cold.

How to make felt: First you mix lambs wool and sheep wool. Then you layer it into the shape you want. Then you pour hot water on to it. The wrap it in woven reeds, then you stomp on it for a long time and let it dry.