KYRGYZSTAN TRAVEL DIARY – DAY 10 (BISHKEK – WANDERING AROUND THE CITY V)

Ala-Too square

Manas statue – taken by Teresa. A monument for the hero of the national epic Manas. Manas is meant to become a symbol that will unite the nation

Transition

Teresa in Main Square

Main Square

♫♫ Манас эпос ♫♫

Excerpt from The Kyrgyz Epic Manas

In my last night's dream,

I settled down on the upper Ala-Too

And caught a young baarchin eagle.

When I took him hunting,

The sound of his flapping wings was heard,

Unable to withstand his wrath,

All the animals fell over in fright.

. . .

Reaching with my right hand,

I grasped the sun for myself.

Reaching with my left hand,

I caught the moon for myself.

My right hand held the sun,

My left hand held the moon,

I took the sun

And put it in place of the moon,

I took the moon

And put it in place of the sun.

Together with the sun and moon,

I flew high into the sky.