| Event | Date | Place | Brief Description | Enterance fee
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Kyrgyz National
Cuisine Festival | July 17
| Saturday
| Karool-Dobo village, Chon-Kemin valley
| 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
| 400 soms
Including 1 lunch and participation in all activities
|
National Horse Games Festival
| July 24 | Saturday
| Kok-Jaiyk area Jeti-Ögüz Gorge
(55km from Karakol
| National Horse games Ulak-Tartysh, Kyz-Kuumai, Tyiyn-Enmei, Er-Enish; Folklore show; Kyrgyz cuisine
| 350 soms without transport or 500 soms with transportation from and to Karakol.
Including 1 lunch and participation in all activities
|
Cleaning up at
Son-Köl Lake
| July 24-25
| Saturday
Sunday
| Son-Köl Lake (northern lakeshore, 100 km from Kochkor Village)
| Cleaning up action; national group games (arkan tartmai, jooluk tashtamai and others); folklore show; display of making national felt and woven items; song contest; campfire
| Entrance is free
|
Harmony of Kyrgyz National Ceremonies and Horse Games Festival
|
July 31 - August 01
|
Saturday
Sunday | Alay region, Sary-Oi summer pasture (65 km from Osh)
| Demonstration of wedding ceremony. National games (Kyz-Kuumai, Tyiyn-Enmei, Er-Enish, Arkan Tartysh, Toguz Korgol and etc.)
| 500 soms
Including 2 lunches and participation in all activities
|
Birds of Prey Festival;
Festival of Taigan dogs;
Donkey show
| August 01
| Sunday
| Tamchy village
(northern lakeshore of Issyk-Kul)
| Demonstration of hunting with a Golden Eagle; demonstration of Taigan dogs, the Kyrgyz Borzoi; show of Kyrgyz national games “Ulak-Tartysh” and “Tyiyn-Enmei” on donkeys by children
| 500 soms
Including 1 lunch and participation in all activities
|
Kyrgyz National Ceremonies
and Traditions Festival
| August 03
| Tuesday
| Outskirts of Middle Ages Caravanserai Tash-Rabat
| 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. Excursion to Tash-Rabat Caravanserai
| 650 soms
Including 1 lunch and participation in all activities |
Birds of Prey Festival;
Tushoo Kesuu (cut the fastened over the child’s legs rope)
| August 07
| Saturday
| Manjyly-Ata area
(southern lakeshore Issyk-Kul)
| Demonstration of hunting with a Golden Eagle; folklore show; exhibition and sale of handicrafts and souvenirs; show of national tradition Tushoo-Kesuu (children run from distance and the fist guy cuts with the scissors the fastened over the child’s legs rope in order to let the child to make the first steps)
| 600 soms
Including 1 lunch and participation in all activities
|
Kyrgyz Kochu Festival
| August 14
| Saturday
| Southern lakeshore of Son-Kul
| Traditional annual moving of households from a high-altitude mountain pasture - jailoo to valleys. National games (Kyz-Kuumai, Tyiyn-Enmei, Er-Enish etc). National music and cuisine; join in a demonstration of dismantling a yurt
| 650 soms
Including 1 lunch and participation in all activities |
Kyrgyz National
Wedding Ceremony
| August 21
| Saturday
| Bel-Tam yurt (southern lakeshore of Issyk-Kul)
| Folklore show; demonstration of wedding ceremony with the escorting of bride to new nomad’s camp; tasting of Kyrgyz cuisine
| 500 soms
Including 1 lunch and participation in all activities
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