Meeting with traditional practitioners and people involved in Aigine’s activities Place: Talas town, Talas oblast, KyrgyzstanDate: March 14, 2008Language: Kyrgyz The purposes of the meeting:to present and discuss the manual “Murastaanuu” (heritage) that was prepared by Aigine for 4th-grade-children,to find out about the agricultural condition in Talas region and what people’s expectations are concerning future …
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International Uluu Ot Ceremony, 2008
Uluu Ot Sacred Big Fire Ceremony Date: March 21-22, 2008Place: Manzhyly Ata Sacred Site, Issyk-Kul oblast Goals: The Aigine Research Center and WISN, World Indigenous Science-Network (USA), with financial support of The Christensen Fund organized this ceremony in order to unite traditional practitioners all over the world through lighting fire on the same day and at the same …
Local Uluu Ot (fire) Ceremony, 2008
The first Ceremony of the Sacred Fire Date: February 8, 2008 Venue: Memorial complex “Ata-Beyit” In the summer of 2007, Zhenish Kudakeev, Sonunbubu Sooronbaeva and Zhaparkul Raimkulov brought up the idea of a fire ceremony. Apela Kolorado took on the responsibility for realizing and developing this idea. Main ideas of the initiative: All over the …
ReSET Building Anthropology in Eurasia, first summer session, 2007
Regional Seminar in Excellence of Teaching (ReSET) Building Anthropology in EurasiaHigher Education Support Program, Open Society Institute First summer session The Growth of Anthropological Knowledge Place: Royal Beach Hotel, Chocktal, the Issyk-Kol, KyrgyzstanDates: July 15 – August 5, 2007.Language: English The purpose of the project Building Anthropology in Eurasia is to provide an opportunity for …