Some worry that the push for matronymics, the use of a second name derived from a person’s mother rather than their father, has enabled a concentration of presidential power. The life cycle of a ...

Unesco is the United Nations' agency for education, culture, and science. In 2017, about 1.3 million tourists visited Kyrgyzstan, according to the US commerce department-affiliated export.gov website.

Get a big bite of Kyrgyz culture and charm by visiting the Central Asia’s largest outdoor market, the Osh Market and Jayma Bazaar, the heart of local trading, for some local trinkets.

We will learn about the diversity of the Kyrgyz culture through mosques and orthodox churches in the city of Karakol. We begin our city tour at Victory Square, a public space built in 1985 on the ...