Monday, October 20, 2014
Visual Free Association
David Zincavage sent me this striking image of a Kazakh girl and eagle. The rather formal gold- braided pattern on her coat is common among all the Turkic peoples of Central Asia, from Uzbekistan through Kyrgizstan to the (Kazakh) western "Aimag" of Mongolia. Jack and Niki wore Uzbek versions for their wedding in Santa Fe.
Update: The first photo is from Blog friend and Central Asian scholar and Blogger Dennis Keen; more in comments below.
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The first photo is from Blog friend and Central Asian scholar and Blogger Dennis Keen; right now Blogger access is down and I cannot get in, but will add up front when it opens up.
Dennis is living in Bishkek and owns the Central Asian falconry project site (accessible through Keen on Kyrgizstan); he has also visited Casa Q, and is our man on the ground in the Tian Shan foothills. Check out his sites (Google) and await more...
Americans who speak the languages and are aware of falconry are rare, still.
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