Kyrgyz celebrate national hero during traditional folk festival
Kyrgyz gather for a traditional folk festival at Son-Kul lake, 3016 metres above the sea level, some 350 kms from Bishkek. The festival marks the 220th anniversary of the national hero Tailak Baatyr.
Kyrgyz ride horses and sit in the steppe during a traditional folk festival at Son-Kul lake.Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP / Getty Images
Kyrgyz women dressed in traditional costumes ride horses.Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP / Getty Images
A Kyrgyz man rides with a child on a horse.Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP / Getty Images
Kyrgyz artists dressed in traditional costumes ride horses.Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP / Getty Images
A Kyrgyz boy looks on as he rides a camel.Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP / Getty Images
Kyrgyz women wearing traditional costumes perform.Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP / Getty Images
Kyrgyz people cook near a yurt, the traditional portable dwelling on nomads.Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP / Getty Images
A woman wearing a traditional Kyrgyz dress sits on a felt carpet.Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP / Getty Images
A Kyrgyz woman shows a child fox skin during the festival.Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP / Getty Images
Kyrgyz men fight on horses as they take part in the "Oodarysh" horse fights.Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP / Getty Images