since March 25th, 2001

NOORUZ The muslim population of the Kyrgyz Republic celebrated New year's (Nooruz) in Bishkek on March 21st, 2001. The internet magazine www.eurasianet.org created a photo essay from some of my pictures. You can visit them directly at PHOTO ESSAY. Also, I uploaded all the pictures from NOORUZ and they can be viewed by clicking the spotlife link next to this box

Three elderly Kyrgyz chatting in a park in Bishkek

A beautiful Kyrgyz babushka

Beggar eating in front of the Lenin statue on Ala-Too Square in Bishkek

Little Kyrgyz boy with traditional Kalpak

Kyrgyz girl with felt hat (for unmarried girls)

Interview with a policeman on the crowded square

Dancer with Tajik tupeteika