Ak-Kalpak – Irad Wiki

Tall pointed white felt hats with black embroidered seams and black velvet brims stacked on a wooden table and hanging from a pole under a blue awning, with a red patterned carpet behind and a man looking on at the right edge — Ak-kalpaks for sale on a market stall, some hung up to show the upturned black brims

Ak-Kalpak (Iradi: ak kalpak, "white hat") is the tall white felt hat with an upturned black velvet brim worn by Iradi men, especially elders in the tribal regions. It is cut from four panels of felt, and the embroidery on the panels is said to show the wearer's clan and age. Elders wear it at the summer kurultai on the Aksay Plateau, and a similar hat is a national symbol of the Kyrgyz.

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