On March 18, in the newspaper Ayil Demi, devoted to Nooruz , the paper, prepared by Aigine Cultural Research Center has been published. It is devoted to sacred geography of Kyrgyzstan. There are two stories about sacred springs Arashan and Nariste initially published in our book “Нарындыннаркы: Жандуу жайларжанабарктуубилим” (Values of Naryn: Breathing Sacredness and …
Month: July 2016
External reports on bride kidnapping assessed by local experts.
On 29 January 2016 there was a meeting titled “External reports on bride kidnapping assessed by local experts” which took place at the Aigine Cultural Research Center. The reports were summarized by Christopher Edling, author and Fulbright fellow. The following three questions were posed for discussion: 1) Is bride kidnapping a problem? 2) Is it …
IPBES Dialogue Workshop on indigenous and local knowledge.
Sezdebek Kalkanbekov, a guardian of Kochkor-Ata sacred site, and Aibek Samakov, a researcher at Aigine CRC, are participating in the IPBES Dialogue Workshop on indigenous and local knowledge, Paris, 11-13 January 2016. The main goal of the workshop is providing inputs of Indigenous and Local Knowledge (ILK) for IPBES assessments of biodiversity and ecosystem services. …