Surapbaev noted that modern children are not familiar with these traditional games.
Vice Mayor Victoria Mozgacheva clarified that national sports are currently practiced in the city, including the sports school created for these disciplines.
She added that since the beginning of the school year, district stages of the school league have been held in schools, and at the end of the year, a city final takes place, where national sports are taken into account. The winner goes to Issyk-Kul. "Children are active and participate in competitions with interest," Mozgacheva noted.
She also mentioned that a sports competition called "Zhetkinchek" will be held on June 1, which will expand opportunities for the participation of children with disabilities.
Surapbaev emphasized that there are 119 schools in Bishkek and called on the city administration to organize events dedicated to national games for students. "Today, many children prefer to spend time on their phones, and they play football less often. Something needs to be done about this," he added.
For your information: The game with bones "chükö," also known as "upay," is a competition in which participants knock down laid-out bones and collect them in sets of three.
Lyanga is a traditional game popular among children and teenagers in Central Asia, where players take turns keeping a shuttlecock (a piece of leather with a weight resembling a feather) in the air using their feet.
The goal of the game is to make a certain number of hits without letting the shuttlecock fall, passing through various levels of difficulty, and the winner is the one who completes all levels first.
