Dates: 14-19 June 2010Venue: Ak Tash Mountain ResortLanguages: English, Kyrgyz, Russian This year, the Fire Ceremony was preceded by a summer school on the Role of Traditions in the Modern Forms of Self-Organization, university students being the main participants of this seminar. Aigine CRC recruited students from different universities and regions. We also recruited local NGO representatives …
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Hunting Festival in Bishkek, 2010
Place: “Ak Kula” racecourse, BishkekDate and time: 12 p.m., October 30 2010 On Saturday, October 30, Aigine was invited to attend a festival at the Bishkek Hippodrome celebrating traditional Kyrgyz hunting. I had attended two other festivals like this before in Talas and Issyk-Kul, but the scale of this event was truly impressive. Every hunter from Kyrgyzstan, …
Crystal placement ceremony, 2010
Date: 16 May 2010Place: Cholpon-Ata, Barskoon, Tyup How did it all start?In March 2010, Erzhen Khamaganova, regional director of the TCF programs in Central Asia and Turkey, brought an envelope from the United States to the Aigine CRC. The envelope was sent by Marshal Jack, Native American spiritual leader, and it contained a letter and …