Every year a festival is dedicated to the kalpak, the typical white double-pointed headdress of the Kyrgyz people. Its shape ...

Bishkek (AsiaNews) - On 5 March, the Ak Kalpak kunu festival was held in Kyrgyzstan, the ‘Day of the Hat’ and national dress, officially established in 2016 to ‘preserve the meaning’ of ...

BISHKEK, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Kyrgyzstan celebrates Ak-kalpak (Kyrgyz national headgear) Day on Wednesday. The Ak-kalpak Day was established in the country in 2011 and has been celebrated annually on ...

Wearing a traditional felt hat, Japarov spoke at a ceremony shown live on Kyrgyz state television, which included the launch of flares in the three countries’ national colors in the snowy ...