PRESENTATION OF A NEW BOOK:“MAZAR WORSHIP IN KYRGYZSTAN: RITUALS AND PRACTITIONERS IN TALAS” (IN ENGLISH) Date: May 22, 2007Place: Aigine office, Bishkek, KyrgyzstanLanguage: English, Kyrgyz, Russian Information about the book:Chief Editor: Gulnara AitpaevaEditors: Mukaram Toktogulova, Aida Egemberdieva The research and publication of books have been supported by The Christensen Fund, California, USA. Short Overview of …
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Visit of the Christensen Fund’s Board of Trustees, 2006
VISIT OF THE CHRISTENSEN FUND’S BOARD OF TRUSTEES Dates: August 2006 Place: Bishkek and Talas oblast The Board of Trustees of the Christensen Fund visited Kyrgyzstan in august of 2006. The Board is headed by Diana Christensen, a daughter of the founder of the Fund. She also came with the group together. The main goal of …
International Workshop on Contemporary Ways of Understanding Rituals, 2006
International workshop Contemporary Ways of Understanding Rituals (functions of rituals, main interpretation techniques, rituals in traditions) Date: June 5-6, 2006 Place: Talas town, Talas oblast, Kyrgyzstan Language: English, Kyrgyz, Russian Goal: To introduce the participant to the ritual theory of Adam B. Seligman & Robert P. Weller and apply that to the …
Conference on Traditional Knowledge, 2006
The Second Conference: Putting Traditional Knowledge and Values in the CentreDate: November, 6-9, 2006Place: Karakol town, Yssyk-Kul oblast, KyrgyzstanLanguage: Kyrgyz Goals: Intention to link different dimensions of the same domain To get a holistic perspective on traditional knowledge within the contemporary time. Description:Working out the model of the conference we based on the summer Rituals workshop …