Aigine staff along with prominent Manas reciters and young komuz players met with the students of the 10th secondary night-school on Nov.20th, 2012. During the visit, the students learned about the Center’s activities for preservation and transmission of the traditional knowledge and got exposed to the core elements of Kyrgyz culture such as Manas epic and komuz playing.
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Transmitting the peace-keeping traditions to the youth
The research conducted after outburst of civil riots in the South of Kyrgyzstan in 2010 has shown that there are several areas in the South, where Kyrgyz and Uzbek, Tajik and Kyrgyz were able to build necessary collaboration to maintain peace and friendship. These places were local sacred sites, which were considered as non-violence zones …
13th Congress of the International Society of Ethnobiology
Within the frame of the 13th Congress of the International Society of Ethnobiology ( Monpellier, France from May 20-25, 2012 ) director of the Aigine CRC, Gulnara Aitpaeva participated in the activities of the Forum of Indigenous People, Natural Sacred Sites Program and ICCA (Indigenous people and local communities). At the May 21 on the …
International scientific conference in memory of the famous Soviet and Russian ethnographer Vladimir Nikolaevich Basilov (1937 – 1998), 27 June to 1 July 2012
First Invitation letter 21.12.2011 Dear Colleagues! We are pleased to invite you to participate in an international scientific conference in memory of the famous Soviet and Russian ethnographer Vladimir Nikolaevich Basilov (1937 – 1998). The conference will be held in Moscow from 24 to 26 June 2012, and in the Kyrgyz Republic (Bishkek and on …