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shyrdak
edit- Central Asian felt floor- or wall-covering
- Wikidata item: shyrdak (Q1587270)
- UNESCO ICH ID: USL/00693
- instance of: rug style
- country of origin: Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan
- subclass of: carpet
- intangible cultural heritage status: list of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
- described at URL: https://ich.unesco.org/en/USL/00693 (English)
https://ich.unesco.org/es/USL/00693 (Spanish)
https://ich.unesco.org/fr/USL/00693 (French)
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Traditional felt carpets are one of the foremost arts of the Kyrgyz people and an integral part of their cultural heritage. The Kyrgyz traditionally produce two types of felt carpets: Ala-kiyiz and Shyrdaks. Knowledge, skills, diversity, the semantics of ornamentation, and the ceremonies of creating carpets are all important cultural components, providing Kyrgyz people with a sense of identity and continuity. The making of Kyrgyz felt carpets is inseparably linked to the everyday life of nomads, who used felt carpets to warm and decorate their homes.
Creation of felt carpets demands unity among the community and fosters the transmission of traditional knowledge – as a rule by older women who are normally concentrated in rural and mountainous areas, to younger women within the family. The Ala-kiyiz and Shyrdak traditional art is in danger of disappearing, however. The number of practitioners is diminishing, with most over forty years of age. The lack of governmental safeguarding, the disinterest of the younger generation, the dominance of inexpensive synthetic carpets, and the poor quality and low availability of raw materials are exacerbating the situation.
As a result, Ala-kiyiz carpets have practically disappeared from Kyrgyz homes and Shyrdaks are under serious threat of being lost.[1]
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- ↑ "UNESCO - Ala-kiyiz and Shyrdak, art of Kyrgyz traditional felt carpets". ich.unesco.org. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
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