Chirki — homemade, leather shoes, with short tops. Sewn by hand from the skin of domestic animals, mainly cows. A leather loop is sewn over the heel.

They kneaded the skin in different ways: manually, with their feet, with the help of special devices. The method depended on how dense the material turned out to be. The finished skin was treated with smoke: this protected it from hardening, did not allow it to deteriorate over time, and gave a dark color.

Teal is a traditional Angara shoe, and the male and female varieties of it have obvious differences. Men’s teals with a high, bare leg made of cloth, which covers the calf. Women’s teals resemble closed slippers.

Teals did not rub the feet, well protected from moisture and cold. They were made on a straight shoe: this meant that the left and right shoes in a pair did not differ in shape.Chirki — homemade, leather shoes, with short tops. Sewn by hand from the skin of domestic animals, mainly cows. A leather loop is sewn over the heel.

They kneaded the skin in different ways: manually, with their feet, with the help of special devices. The method depended on how dense the material turned out to be. The finished skin was treated with smoke: this protected it from hardening, did not allow it to deteriorate over time, and gave a dark color.

Teal is a traditional Angara shoe, and the male and female varieties of it have obvious differences. Men’s teals with a high, bare leg made of cloth, which covers the calf. Women’s teals resemble closed slippers.

Teals did not rub the feet, well protected from moisture and cold. They were made on a straight shoe: this meant that the left and right shoes in a pair did not differ in shape.