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Tours on ancient settlements Kyrgyzstan.
“For everything in this journey of life we are on, there is a right wing and a left wing: for the wing of love there is anger; for the wing of destiny there is fear; for the wing of pain there is healing; for the wing of hurt there is forgiveness; for the wing of pride there is humility; for the wing of giving there is taking; for the wing of tears there is joy; for the wing of rejection there is acceptance; for the wing of judgment there is grace; for the wing of honor there is shame; for the wing of letting go there is the wing of keeping. We can only fly with two wings and two wings can only stay in the air if there is a balance. Two beautiful wings is perfection. There is a generation of people who idealize perfection as the existence of only one of these wings every time. But I see that a bird with one wing is imperfect. An angel with one wing is imperfect. A butterfly with one wing is dead. So this generation of people strive to always cut off the other wing in the hopes of embodying their ideal of perfection, and in doing so, have created a crippled race”
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Architectural Sights of Kyrgyzstan.
The Burana Tower – architectural monument of the XI c., was built by Karakhanids about 900 years ago. It was located near the eastern wall and all time played the role of guard tower. Situated 12 km to the South of Tokmak – the tower is all that remains of the ancient city of Balasugan set at the foot of the Shamshi.
Established in the Xth century on the site of an older settlement, the city was the birthplace of the poet Jusup Balasugyn (X – XV century) who wrote an epic роет called Katadgu Bilig knowledge which brings happiness") which has been translated into several languages - including а recent translation into English by Walter May.
With Kashgar, Balasugan was one of the capitals of the Eastern Khanate when the Karakahanid state split up. (The capital of the Western Khanate was Samarkand). It was spared from destruction by Genghis Khan's monguls, and renamed Gobalik (city) in the XIII century, but it lost its importance and had disappeared by the XV century.
Established in the Xth century on the site of an older settlement. Along with Kashgar, Balasagun was one of the capitals of the Eastern Khanate after the Karakhanid state split up. It was saved from destruction by Genghis Khan's Mongols, and was renamed Gobalik («good city») in the XIIth century, but the city lost its importance and had disappeared by the XVth century.