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N°11785
Element Traditional spring festive rites of the Kazakh horse breeders (Kazakhstan)
Inscribed in 2018 (13.COM) on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Title as submitted EN: Ayghyr kosu is a rite succeeding the milking. Young men lead stallions (ayghyr’s) out and keep them in check until women take milk away with them. Then, the bridles are taken off and the stallions join their herds.
Photograph: Emma Usmanova
© National Historic, Cultural and Natural Reserve-Museum 'Ulytau' (Kazakhstan), 2013