Kyrgyzstan tours:

Traditional clothes in Kyrgyzstan


Welcome to travel in Kyrgyzstan and get inspiration of outstanding traditional clothes. When you travel in Kyrgyzstan, you will how Kyrgyz people respect their outfit by showing the material and spiritual culture. In the course of a tour in Kyrgyzstan, you will see outfits related with the social status, marital status and age. We have no doubt that, you will like it in your tours in Kyrgyzstan.

There are underwear and outerwear in Kyrgyz outfit. Men usually wore pants made of tanned leather or suede as "jarq shym", "kandagay", "chalbar". There is winter clothes as well, called "Ichik". Kyrgyz people liked fur coats from the fur of wild animals such as wolf, fox and lynx. In addition, there are men's shoes as ankle boots Chokoy and Charyk. Traditional hats were: tebetey, kalpak and malakai.

In the course of a tour in Kyrgyzstan, you will see female wardrobe. There are underwear and outerwear as well. Women's clothing is based on a beautiful swing skirt, called "beldemchi". You can see "beldemchi" in men's clothing as well, but with metal items.

During your tours in Kyrgyzstan, you will be impressed by girls' hats. There are usually decorated with feathers of birds, ornaments from silver, pearls, corals and other stones. There is also a short or long sleeveless jacket - "chyptama", which is used to be worn over the dress-shirt. Girl's clothing also includes fur coats - "Ichik".