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Ala-kiyiz in making. After wool has been formed in patterns, the cloth is being rolled together for the fulling process.. Ala kiyiz (Kyrgyz: ала кийиз, IPA: [ɑɫɑ́ kʰɪjɪ́s]) or tekemet (Kazakh: текемет, IPA: [tʰʲekʰʲemʲét]) is an ornamenting style for textile floor- or wallcovering made by pressing wet, soaped wool of various colours together to make it felt.
A shyrdak on the floor of a home in Aksy District, Kyrgyzstan. A shyrdak (Kyrgyz: шырдак, pronounced [ʃɯrˈdɑq]) or syrmak (Kazakh: сырмақ, romanized: syrmaq, pronounced [səɾˈmɑq]) is a stitched, and often colourful felt [1] floor and wallcovering, usually handmade in Central Asia.
Tush kyiz.. Tush kyiz (Kyrgyz: туш кийиз [tuʃ kijíz], туш — side, the edge, кийиз — felt; Kazakh: тұс киіз) are large, elaborately embroidered wall hangings, traditionally made in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan by women to commemorate the marriage of a son or daughter. [1]
Kazakh women wearing a folk costume for ceremonial purposes. Kazakh clothing, worn by the Kazakh people, is often made of materials suited to the region's extreme climate and the people's nomadic lifestyle. [1] It is commonly decorated with elaborate ornaments made from bird beaks, animal horns, hooves and feet. [2]
Samples of felt in different colors Kazakh felt yurt. Felt is a textile that is produced by matting, condensing, and pressing fibers together. Felt can be made of natural fibers such as wool or animal fur, or from synthetic fibers such as petroleum-based acrylic or acrylonitrile or wood pulp–based rayon.
According to Armenian lexicographer Sevan Nişanyan, it means felt cap. [3] According to Turkish Turcologist and lexicographer Hasan Eren, it means cap made of leather, fur or fabric. [4] The word kalpak has passed from Turkish to Bulgarian, Serbian, Greek, Hungarian, Persian, Tajik, French, German, Russian and other Slavic languages. [4]
In present days the felt carpets are made by hand in two provinces of Kyrgyzstan: Naryn and Issyk-kul. [4] Tush kiyiz are large, elaborately embroidered wall hangings, traditionally made in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, by elder women to commemorate the marriage of a son or daughter. Kalpaks are the Kyrgyz national hat, also almost always made of ...
Yurt of Kazakhs in the Tian Shan, 200 km (100 miles) northeast of Urumqi at 2100 metres (6900') a.s.l., August 1991. The Old Turkic yurt (' tent, dwelling, abode, range ') may have been derived from the Old Turkic word ur—a verb with the suffix +Ut. [2]