Destinations
The Wool Nobody Wants: What Happened to Kyrgyzstan's Biggest Crop
Kyrgyzstan had 10 million sheep before 1991 and wool was its assigned crop. Today the fleece is often burned. What broke, and…
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The Caves of Kyrgyzstan: Silver Mines, Rock Paintings and Avicenna
A six-kilometre medieval silver mine called the mine of destruction, and a cave of rock paintings near Osh. Kyrgyzstan's caves, and why…
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The Herding Year: What Happens on the Jailoo, Month by Month
The yurt you sleep in at Song-Kul is not there all year. How Kyrgyz herding moves between four pastures, and what that…
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What Is Actually in a Kyrgyz Village
Every Kyrgyz village contains the same things in the same arrangement. The school, the FAP, the culture house, the cemetery above, and…
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