Ak-Chiy
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Ak-Chiy ("white needlegrass") is a village in the southern Moiynkum sands, about 105 kilometers west of Nurzhan, in the Northern Steppe planning zone of the Autonomous Tribal Regions (ATR). Its population is about 520 (2021 estimate).[1] It takes its name from the tall needlegrass (chiy, Achnatherum splendens) that covers the salt flats around it, which families use as winter grazing for sheep. Women in the village weave the stems into patterned chiy screens, which are used as yurt walls and sold to craft shops in Nurzhan.[2]
References
- ^ United Nations Mission in Irad (2021). Settlements and Services in the Northern Steppe Zone. Kara-Oi.
- ^ Department of Ethnography, Talas State University (2013). Village Crafts of the Talas and Chu Valleys. Talas: Talas State University Press.
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