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🎮 The Meeting of Cultural Heritage and Modern Technologies: The Aigine CRC team, in collaboration with Soltech, has launched the second phase of the project “The Meeting of Cultural Heritage and Modern Technologies.” This phase focuses on two main areas: the creation of a short animated film about the significance of the tradition of pilgrimage to sacred sites, and the development of an innovative mobile video game based on the equestrian sport “Kök-Börü” for teenagers in Kyrgyz and Russian languages. The video game will be the first action genre mobile…

📚 Training: From August 19 to 23, the Aigine Cultural Research Center conducted a “Capacity-Building Training for ICH Experts and Staff of Authorized Bodies from Central Asian Countries for Preparing Nomination Files for Inscription  in the Lists of the 2003 Convention.” The training took place at the “Jannat Resort” hotel in Bishkek as part of the “Heritage Corridors of the Silk Road in Central Asia – International Aspects of the European Year of Cultural Heritage” project, implemented by UNESCO with funding from the European Union. The goal of the training…

🌌 Local Knowledge of the Stars: As part of the Aigine CRC “Baldar Asmany” (Children’s Sky) project, the working group, in collaboration with a group of young artists and animators led by Asel Kitayeva, began creating a storyboard for an upcoming video lesson. This lesson will introduce viewers to traditional ideas about the movement of celestial bodies and the placement of stars, passed down through generations. In addition to the video lesson, the project also includes the creation of a children’s book with vibrant illustrations. This book will compile folk…

Work Trips: On August 6th, the Aigine Cultural Research Center team began a field survey of the Sarmishsay archaeological complex, located near the city of Navoi in Uzbekistan. The complex is renowned for its fascinating petroglyph scenes. Ramazan Yegamov, the director of the Sarmishsay Park, discussed the significance and some rare scenes depicted on the petroglyphs at an event organized by the Aigine Cultural Research Center in July this year, held at Issyk-Kul. The Aigine team plans to stay in Navoi until August 11th to conduct a more detailed study…