page_title: Emblem of Kyrgyzstan
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Emblem of Kyrgyzstan / Description
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context_page_description: The emblem of Kyrgyzstan was adopted on 2016. The emblem has a circular form which mostly bears the color blue. Light blue is known as the Kyrgyz color of courage and generosity. To the left and right of the coat of arms, wheat and cotton are displayed. In the upper part, the name of the country appears in Kyrgyz "Кыргыз Республикасы". It was designed by A. Abdraev and S. Dubanaev.
context_section_description: The emblem was in a circular in which the conventional language of symbols expresses the mentality, nature, culture and management of the Kyrgyz people.
  In the foreground in the lower most part of the blue circle is a frontal image of a white falcon with wings wide open. The bird "Ak Shumkar" as a symbol of purity and nobleness of thoughts is sung in legends and folk epos. The image on the emblem that the bird means a way of life, the traditional culture of the Kyrgyz people and symbolizes the protection of the Kyrgyz land stretching behind it with Issyk-Kul and the snowy peaks of the Ala-Too mountains (especially the Tian Shan peaks). In the depths of the circle, because of the mountains, occupying the upper part of the State Emblem, the sun rises, golden rays shining on the sacred land of Kyrgyzstan. the forty rays that extend from it refer to the legendary forty clans of Manas.
  The central plot has a decorative frame in the form of a ribbon strip giving the necessary information: the word “Кыргыз” (Kyrgyz) is located in the upper part, and “Республикасы” (Republic) in the lower part. The sides of the frame contain decor, composed of motifs of the ornament, stylized opened cotton bolls, ears of wheat - the main cultivated crops on Kyrgyz soil.
  The emblem is executed in warm-cold colors. The light silhouette of the image on a dark background is strict and expressive. A circle is outlined by a contour line.
caption: the emblem at the Old Square, Bishkek
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