I thought I'd post some pictures of Kyrgyz rural life for those of you who haven't had the chance to hear from me in person. I've had a few opportunities to visit rural Kyrgyzstan and I've enjoyed the hospitality that Kyrgyz villagers have shown me. This picture is of shyrdaks (Kyrgyz rugs) being hung out to dry. The embroidery on these shyrdaks is often mindbogglingly intricate: every one of them represents days of work by a Kyrgyz woman, often in the company of other women. Shyrdaks are, in a literal and metaphorical sense, part of the fabric of Kyrgyz village life.
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