On the mountain Tashtar-Ata I find myself for the first time. It is strange that all my life I have lived in Kyrgyzstan, but had never been to this place and never heard of him legends. Local residents have filled my space. They say that the mountain received its name in the name of war. He was incredibly strong.

When the fight was played between the gods and demons, the warrior took the side of good. In the fight, he used no came a belief that “rough natural stone are home to spirits or gods,” and therefore used as an object of religious veneration. It is also argued that the stones are applied to the human body, have an impact on him, as evidenced by many people who experienced it myself. On the mountain often pilgrims. In the area of the heart they put a stone warrior stones, putting them in all their illness, fears and concerns. Stone Mountain emits oppressive power. I wandered around a man-made mountain and could not help thinking that every stone – a man of his story.

One part with stones quickly, without thinking pre-scrawled inscription banal like “there was Bektur.” Others were “rate restoration of the soul”, on foot overcame more than two hundred miles, ran ran up the hill, but before you leave the stones – with long For some reason they reminded me of the bodies of anti-tobacco advertisements. Their dark and riddled with scars and dents the surface, has made quite depressing … … On this day, still the center of four patients with good-bye a renewed capital. And today, pilgrims must be submitted in its place, Peter, Moscow, Sakhalin, and Athens – a city in which they will return with new people. And start a new life without drugs and rock ..