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On 21 February 2014, a closed meeting of Manas reciters and spiritual practitioners working toward reanimating certain traditional practices took place in the Aigine office. As of now, these practices have almost fallen into oblivion. The reason for resurrecting ritual traditions lies in the fact that they are specifically oriented at the needs of communities …

On January 24, the Aigine Cultural Research Center provided a platform for the first experimental seminar on Manas as a Spiritual Practice initiated and led by Murat Musabaev. According to Mr. Musabaev’s perspective, the Manas epic recitation allows one to overcome negative emotions and burn off negative energy. Doolotbek Sydykov was the leading manachsy invited to the seminar. The …

Executive Summary: Project Goals, Tasks, Successes and Failures The main conceptual goal of our project was to encourage the members of the project and their students to re-think their relationship to the Soviet, both in terms of the past (especially in terms of making experiences of the late Soviet period more accessible to today’s students) …

  Date:                       17-31 March, 2013  Place:                       Istanbul, Turkey Working language:     English, Russian   Spring session of the ReSET Soviet in Everyday Life was conducted on 17-31 March, 2013 in Istanbul, Turkey. …