Traditional Kyrgyz embroidery

The formation and development of ethnic culture is reflected in all components of ethnic culture. The most important part of traditional material and spiritual culture is folk decorative applied art, which is associated with applied and at the same time aesthetic development of the object world. Applied art is one of the forms of artistic self-expression of ethnic groups. Analyzing the processes and phenomena occurring in each individual cultural component is a necessary condition for reconstructing a holistic picture of the state and trends in the development of the culture of society as a whole. The study of ethnocultural traditions of ethnic groups is one of the leading directions of ethnological science. One of the important elements of traditional and everyday life of Kyrgyz people is embroidered things, which are closely connected with their ethnic history, production activities, spiritual culture and everyday life. As a kind of decorative and applied art, embroidery has deep traditions. The pastoral economy, nomadic and semi-nomadic lifestyle of the Kyrgyz predetermined the peculiarities of applied art, including embroidery traditions.