Localized Kin Groups

Community Structure

Priesthood

History

Acculturation and Culture Contact

Form and Rules of Government

Bibliographies in Sources

Linguistic Identification

Writing

Identification

Household

Extended Families

Judicial Authority

Radio and Television

Publishing

Music

Motion Picture Industry

Congregations

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Verbal Arts

Social Relationships and Groups

Population

Composition of Population

External Migration

Abortion and Infanticide

Real Property

Ingroup Antagonisms

Pastoral Activities

Shamans and Psychotherapists

Religious Denominations

Classes

Kin Relationships

Rules of Descent

Internal Trade

External Trade

Production and Supply

Location

Climate

Topography and Geology

Inheritance

Gender Status

General Character of Religion

Religious Intolerance and Martyrs

Rest Days and Holidays

Organized Ceremonial

Division of Labor by Gender

Education System

Mode of Marriage

Nuptials

Residence

Regulation of Marriage

Arranging a Marriage

Medical Care

Reviews and Critiques

Prehistory

Annual Cycle

Settlement Patterns

Lineages

Clans

Tribe and Nation

Territorial Hierarchy

Material Not Relevant

Ownership and Control of Capital

CULTURE SUMMARY: KYRGYZ

SYNOPSIS

ETHNONYMS

ORIENTATION

HISTORY AND CULTURAL RELATIONS

SETTLEMENTS

ECONOMY

KINSHIP

MARRIAGE AND FAMILY

SOCIOPOLITICAL ORGANIZATION

RELIGION AND EXPRESSIVE CULTURE

IDENTIFICATION AND LOCATION

DEMOGRAPHY

LINGUISTIC AFFILIATION

SUBSISTENCE AND COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES

INDUSTRIAL ARTS

TRADE

DIVISION OF LABOR

LAND TENURE

KIN GROUPS

MARRIAGE

DOMESTIC UNIT

INHERITANCE

SOCIALIZATION

SOCIAL ORGANIZATION

POLITICAL ORGANIZATION

SOCIAL CONTROL

BELIEFS

RELIGIOUS PRACTITIONERS

CEREMONIES

ARTS

MEDICINE

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The Kyrgyz are a Turkic-Mongol people who live primarily in Kyrgyzstan. Their traditional livelihood was pastoral nomadism. The former Soviet government both encouraged and forced settlement into permanent Soviet-style settlements in cities and towns and on collective and state farms. The Kyrgyz are Sunni Muslims.

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