They honor their guests and pay attention to etiquette. The family will give a guest the best of their food, usually a dinner of mutton. The guest must leave food in his bowl to show the host that he is a generous host and that the guest has had more than his fill of food. Kirgiz have many taboos, which include where one can relieve oneself, how one ought to speak to another and an abhorrence of lying and cursing. For both engagements and weddings, the Kirgiz hold formal ceremonies.
Weddings are times of celebration when they play games, race horses, wrestle, sing and dance.
Winners of these events are awarded gifts. The bride takes her dowry after the wedding and goes to live with her husband. The Kirgiz celebrate the Noloz Festival, which is celebrated in the same way the Chinese celebrate the Spring Festival. They eat meat from the animals they tend, cabbages, onions and potatoes. As a beverage they drink goat's milk, yogurt and tea with milk and salt.