In some Kyrgyzstan feasts, it is customary that the guest of honor be offered the right eye of a grilled sheep, and he/she eats it while the others applaud. The second most honorary guest receives the left eye (not the member of TLC), and that the next two are given the ears.

90 percent of the country is covered by mountains, and there are 3,000 lakes. There is a statue of Lenin in Ala-Too Square, formerly known as Lenin Square, in the capital city of Bishkek.