The article provides information about the collection of national traditions and rituals in the Kyrgyz folklore of K. Miftakov. K. Miftakov collected manuscripts from the Talas, Chui and Naryn valleys in 1923. In the Fund of Manuscripts of the Department of Social Sciences of the Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz SSR, he handed over materials on the topic “Games”, “Folk crafts”, “Folk rituals”, “Wedding, “Seeing the bride » and Kyrgyz costumes, food, crafts, entertainment, customs, rituals and religious beliefs. He submitted a 599-page manuscript titled "Kyrgyz Ethnography".Among the ethnographic materials collected by K. Miftakov, there is a lot of information about the ancient art of making Kyrgyz ornaments. Miftakov spoke about blacksmithing, a form of folk art: “Kyrgyz craftsmen make the most expensive things from the simplest tools. He says that Kyrgyz craftsmen can make bird guns, shotguns, knives, axes, stirrups, saddles, swords, hoes, dishes and pans, ancient weapons and much more.