Kyrgyzstan
SHORT INFORMATION
Health in Kyrgyzstan
In the post-Soviet era, Kyrgyzstan's health system has suffered increasing shortages of health professionals and medicine. Kyrgyzstan must import nearly all its pharmaceuticals.
SHORT INFORMATION
Religion in Kyrgyzstan
Alongside Islam the Kyrgyz tribes also practiced totemism, the recognition of spiritual kinship with a particular type of animal.
HOLIDAYS AND TRADITIONS
Wedding in Kyrgyzstan
As everywhere in the world, weddings tend to be big and joyous affairs.