Month: March 2014

Date: December 22, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. Venue: Kyrgyz National Philharmonic Hall named after T.Satylganov, Bishkek Working language: Music The concert was organized by the Aigine CRC with financial support of The Christensen Fund. On December 22, 2012, the Aigine CRC organized a concert with an aim of presenting the result of its two-year teaching …

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.

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 …

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 …