Re: Manas Air Base, Festivals and Rural Life in Kyrgyzstan (Oct2008-Feb2009)
A Kazakh hunter flies his golden eagle during a hunting festival "Solburun" in the village of Bokonbayevo, Kyrgyzstan, some 300km outside Bishkek on October 18, 2008.
Re: Manas Air Base, Festivals and Rural Life in Kyrgyzstan (Oct2008-Feb2009)
A falconer who hunts with a Golden Eagle, holds his bird during a festival of hunting traditions some 320 km (198 miles) from the capital Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008.
Re: Manas Air Base, Festivals and Rural Life in Kyrgyzstan (Oct2008-Feb2009)
Kyrgyz herdsmen tend to a herd of sheep on the foothills of the Ala-Too mountain near the village of Voenno-Antonovka, some 15 km outside Bishkek, on January 8, 2009.