Culture and Identity in Kyrgyzstan

Abdul Ali Mominzada and Jonathan Zaharin's Identity Project for the Central Asian Studies Institute. Special thanks to Emil Nasritdinov for being such an awesome teacher and the IT specialists at AUCA who helped us so much for this project.

[@imranh33]

Love from Bangladesh 💚❤. I want to visit Kyrgyzstan 💗

[@oscarmarroquin4374]

just got home from a month in kyrgyzstan it was awesome.

[@chrisfeik1502]

Congratulations for your national holiday today Kyrgyzstan from your friends in Germany

[@1981beeb]

Kyrgyzstan may Allah keep all of you protected .., peace and love .

[@Kalvin5]

Awesome video! Thank you for posting this!

[@zaharous]

My pleasure! I am glad you liked it.

[@rahmatbae2282]

Love from indonesia. To brother in kyrgistan

[@KhmerKandal]

I'm glad to see the people still practicing the ancestry beliefs.

[@bubble7167]

This video helps me to understand more about Kyrgyzstan, some things never told by my husband (he's from Kyrgyzstan). Thank you for sharing

[@zaharous]

You are welcome!

[@Dr_AK33]

I'm going to Kyrgyzstan for studying medicine in i k akhunbaev krrgyz state medical academy. In my opinion, kyrgyz are nice and hardworking people. But there's some conflict between kyrgyz and Uzbek people.

[@alexrodriguez351]

That was cool. thx 4 sharing :) peace from L.A. California!

[@zaharous]

Glad you like it! Peace bro.

[@clovisgeigers7020]

cool. Thanks a lot. 💜

[@zaharous]

It is a pleasure!

[@user-vz1xj1ub9t]

I am from india.. i love Russia and love Kyrgyztan

[@zaharous]

+Бхану Аршавин Its a nice place, me too :)

[@user-vz1xj1ub9t]

zaharous i am living in prague. and here i met first time with kyrgyzs students. and they are very nice persons and some of them are my best friends. well behavior, respectful, polite. and our culture is not same but much similar.

[@uzmabutt7011]

plz snd me some information i m from jdah and want to migrate this country

[@maxhubertus5704]

A Kirgiz respects every religion and culture. Our culture is build on love not hate thats why we dont disrespect each other. If there is someone who can think he can come here and disrespect someone infront of a kirgiz he will teach him respect.

[@ajmalshahtravelling7088]

nice culture and architect

[@gwinnet3142]

Great 👍

[@suncity7690]

👍Welcome to Kyrgyzstan 👍

[@naqibsarwary1448]

Thank you John for sharing such amazing video!

[@zaharous]

Tashakur Baradar!

[@markgetsetgo]

Thanks for sharing -- I thought it was very useful. It can be hard to get an idea or snapshot of the culture of certain countries on KZbin -- many videos are intended for travellers/tourists. I really appreciated this.

[@zaharous]

I am very happy you liked it! It feels very nice to be appreciated ))))

[@SamsaraMontreal]

Liked and subscribed.

[@musicmuse6732]

This was very interesting. Thank you!

[@zaharous]

My pleasure!

[@bekmashrapov1858]

Thank you for this video.

[@zaharous]

Pozhalusta )))

[@WezaBeatz]

Excellent summary

[@zaharous]

Thanks!!!

[@user-ju9rf4ny4t]

Ысырык тутотконон кору Кураннан жакшы суралар бар окуп койсонуз жакш пайдалар болот

[@pashtooonworld7866]

love from pakistan,,,,,,,,

[@asanosmann9001]

burning archa is not a religious ritual...its just a tradition

[@marlineharrold1937]

decent job. Thank you.

[@zaharous]

Thanks Marline! I am glad to have my work appreciated and I am sure my friend Ali is too.

[@7130]

Good job!

[@zaharous]

Thanks Saltanat :)

[@hullcityafc72]

I speak Turkish, would the Kygyz understand some words or expressions?

[@zaharous]

It often takes some adjustment for Kyrgyz in the south to understand Kyrgyz in the north or vice-versa. Turkish and Kyrgyz have many words in common and it is easy for Kyrgyz to learn Turkish or vice-versa.

[@theartnur2486]

hullcityafc72 Hi bro Im kyrgyz! What about you talking? We have a lot of common words all count is in turkic countries the same. And for us very easy to learn turkish language as well as turkish to learn kyrgyz language! We are all great Turan Turkic countries and for the future dont give same as this question pls!!!

[@tolgonai9042]

Informative

[@zaharous]

Rakhmat!

[@tolgonai9042]

Rakhmat to you for sharing!

[@harbin88]

Music is Russian?

[@zaharous]

It is very Russian, the song is called 'Proshaniye Slavyanki' but the song is also played often during military parades in Kyrgyzstan today. One of the ideas of the film is that while Kyrgyzstan has its own unique experience it also shares much with other former Socialist Soviet Republics.

[@tanashie1596]

becouse f got asean talent im her to search about kyrgyztan xountry...🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭

[@aliaalmazbekova]

Burning archa ritual is an indelible part of Kyrgyz culture. It reminds us about their past belief - Shamanism.

[@vinayakkamble7546]

Aliyah Almazbek kirgyze past buddhist

[@Atay94rustamov]

im kyrgyz

[@muslimtraveler7755]

aromatic flames is not Islam.

[@Sunny-flower.-.]

Muslim Traveler Islamic this or not, it doesn’t matter.Kyrgyzstan is secular country.

[@mosquesintamilnadu557]

More shirk.

[@Knightfire66]

whats this for a bullshit? he didnt tell anything about the origin of the kirgiz people? greating from turkey brothers!

[@wickedtorpedo75]

narration was so boring

[@larrytischler570]

You lost me with your mis-characterization of socialism.

[@zaharous]

I have no care or concern about whether any socialist or free market system is better. It may be hard for some in the western world to comprehend but a large segment of Kyrgyzstani society has a great deal of nostalgia for Soviet times. Following independence Kyrgyzstan experienced massive economic and industrial collapse and today while the economy is much better than it was in the 1990s, the world 'Soviet' is ironically used as in advertising as a byword for quality. It was not my intention to promote any sort of ideology during the creation of this film but rather to underline the fact that Kyrgyzstan is very much an aggregate of its long and multifaceted cultural and social history.

[@juliaalyssandra373]

@@zaharous very well said :) thanks!

[@Dr_AK33]

I'm going to Kyrgyzstan for studying medicine in i k akhunbaev krrgyz state medical academy. In my opinion, kyrgyz are nice and hardworking people. But there's some conflict between kyrgyz and Uzbek people.

[@olagiwtoysap6188]

Hey there, i guess there is some latent dislike between themselves historically...