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Rosa and her husband live in a yurt on the jailoo (high altitude pasture) in summer around Son Köl lake, Kyrgyzstan. She milks their mares twice a day. Fermented mare's milk, known as kumis, is widely drunk across the Central Asian steppes in summer.

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Image Size: 5600x3733 / 15.0MB; Central Asia Kyrgyzstan Son Kul Song Köl Songköl animal animal husbandry bucket equine farming female grass herder herding horse jailoo koumis koumiss kumis kumiss kumys lake mare mare's milk milk milk maid milking pasture people summer Соңкөл кумыс
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Rosa and her husband live in a yurt on the jailoo (high altitude pasture) in summer around Son Köl lake, Kyrgyzstan. She milks their mares twice a day. Fermented mare's milk, known as kumis, is widely drunk across the Central Asian steppes in summer.