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Kyrgyzstan

The Epic of Manas is passed on by word of mouth, from master to apprentice. Its tellers, called manaschi, recite in a near-trance, and one telling of the full trilogy can last thirteen hours.

Five things to know about Kyrgyzstan

In Geodar these are the five clues to this country, and it counts as one of the hard countries. The game asks the hardest clue first. Here the easiest comes first.

  1. Where it is. It's Kyrgyzstan, in Central Asia, between Kazakhstan and China. See Kyrgyzstan on a map.
  2. The Tian Shan mountains cover more than 80% of it, and its capital is Bishkek.
  3. Its flag shows the roof ring of a nomad's round tent in the middle of a golden sun.
  4. One of the largest mountain lakes in the world is here: a salty lake 1,600 metres up that hardly ever freezes.
  5. Its national epic is more than fifteen times as long as the Iliad and the Odyssey put together.

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