This one makes me particularly jealous of your location. My brother in law started a business leading backcountry skiing tours in Kyrgyzstan, and over the years he and my sister have brought back little bits of Kyrgyz stuff as gifts. I officiated their wedding in a kalpak they gave me. Last year’s Christmas gift was a bread stamp for lepyoshka that I still haven’t quite figured out how to properly use.
This one makes me particularly jealous of your location. My brother in law started a business leading backcountry skiing tours in Kyrgyzstan, and over the years he and my sister have brought back little bits of Kyrgyz stuff as gifts. I officiated their wedding in a kalpak they gave me. Last year’s Christmas gift was a bread stamp for lepyoshka that I still haven’t quite figured out how to properly use.