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Elechek, Kyrgyz female headwear: traditional knowledge and rituals
(Kyrgyzstan)
Inscribed in 2023 (
18.COM
) on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Title EN: The ritual of elechek wrapping starts with burning the juniper to purify the physical and spiritual space.
© National Commifssion of the Kyrgyz Republic for UNESCO, 2022
