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The Depository documents 7 techniques in Kazakhstan; by risk level: 3 critically endangered, 3 endangered, 1 vulnerable. Each record opens with a public summary; the full research record is free to view once registered.
The dombra (Домбыра) is the primary musical instrument of Kazakh culture — a two-string fretted lute carved from a single piece of wood with a teardrop body and a long straight neck.
The making of the kobyz (qyl-qobyz) — an ancient two-stringed, horsehair-strung bowed instrument considered one of the oldest bowed instruments in Central Asia, with archaeological finds from the Kazakh Altai dated to the 6th–7th centuries…
Keste (Кесте) is the primary Kazakh embroidery tradition — a counted cross-stitch system that produces the geometric borders and panels decorating Kazakh felt objects, wall hangings, and dress elements.
Tüs kiiz (Түс кіиз) is the Kazakh bridal felt wall hanging — the honor wall decoration of the Kazakh yurt, placed behind the bridal couple during wedding ceremony.
The tanning, shaping, and embossed decoration of leather into the full range of functional objects central to traditional Kazakh nomadic pastoral life — most distinctively the torsyk, a sewn leather flask specifically used for carrying and…
Alka (Алқа — earring/ornament) refers to the Kazakh silver jewelry tradition — particularly the elaborate drop earrings that are the primary women's silver ornament.
Tekemets (Текемет) is the Kazakh pressed felt tradition — producing floor coverings and wall panels with geometric patterns formed during the felting process rather than cut into finished felt.