30 Mar

Category:Kyrgyz people

← Older revision
Revision as of 09:58, 30 March 2013
Line 5:
Line 5:

It is considered that there are 40 Kirghiz tribes. The name Kyrgyz, both for the people and for the nation itself, is said to mean either "forty nations" or "forty girls", a reference to the Manas of folklore unifying forty small tribes against the Chinese on one side and the Muslim expansion on the other. This is symbolized by the yellow sun in the center of the flag of Kyrgyzstan, which has 40 rays.}}

It is considered that there are 40 Kirghiz tribes. The name Kyrgyz, both for the people and for the nation itself, is said to mean either "forty nations" or "forty girls", a reference to the Manas of folklore unifying forty small tribes against the Chinese on one side and the Muslim expansion on the other. This is symbolized by the yellow sun in the center of the flag of Kyrgyzstan, which has 40 rays.}}

+
[[Category:Ethnic groups in Kyrgyzstan‎]]

[[Category:Ethnic groups in China]]

[[Category:Ethnic groups in China]]

[[Category:Turkic peoples]]

[[Category:Turkic peoples]]

http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Kyrgyz_people&diff=93590312&oldid=69049340