art ▁Kal my ks ▁have ▁adopted ▁the ▁K yr gy z ▁language ▁and ▁culture ▁of ▁the ▁majority ▁K yr gy z ▁population . ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁nearly ▁all ▁now ▁are ▁Muslim s . ▁ ▁Although ▁S art ▁Kal my ks ▁are ▁Muslim s , ▁Kal my ks ▁elsewhere , ▁by ▁and ▁large , ▁remain ▁faithful ▁to ▁the ▁Gel ug pa ▁Order ▁of ▁Tib et an ▁Buddh ism . ▁In ▁Kal my k ia , ▁for ▁example , ▁the ▁Gel ug pa ▁Order ▁with ▁the ▁assistance ▁of ▁the ▁government ▁has ▁constructed ▁numerous ▁Buddh ist ▁tem ples . ▁In ▁addition , ▁the ▁Kal my k ▁people ▁recognize ▁T enz in ▁Gy at so , ▁ 1 4 th ▁Dal ai ▁L ama ▁as ▁their ▁spiritual ▁leader ▁and ▁Erd ne ▁O mb ady kow , ▁a ▁Kal my k ▁American , ▁as ▁the ▁supre me ▁l ama ▁of ▁the ▁Kal my k ▁people . ▁The ▁Dal ai ▁L ama ▁has ▁visited ▁El ista ▁on ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁occasions . ▁ ▁The ▁Kal my ks ▁have ▁also ▁established ▁communities ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁primarily ▁in ▁Pennsylvania ▁and ▁New ▁Jersey . ▁The ▁majority ▁are ▁desc ended ▁from ▁those ▁Kal my ks ▁who ▁fled ▁from ▁Russia ▁in ▁late ▁ 1 9 2 0 ▁to ▁France , ▁Y ug oslav ia , ▁Bulg aria , ▁and , ▁later , ▁Germany . ▁ ▁Many ▁of ▁those ▁Kal my ks ▁living ▁in ▁Germany ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁World ▁War ▁II ▁were ▁eventually ▁granted ▁passage ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁