Shuduman is one of the unique, beautiful and untouched by humans sacred sites. Here tender flowers grow along the cold snowdrifts. Shuduman hot springs are located among the mountain tops, four to five kilometers from the Zardaly village in Batken province. The sacred site is visited only by the most dedicated pilgrims or those with urgent …
Year: 2020
Sacred Geography of Kyrgyzstan: Tulpar-Kazyk
Tulpar-Kazyk is located at the edge of Togotoi village of Kara-Kulja region in Osh province. Once upon a time, there were forty mountain poplar trees growing side by side resembling forty forced wedges. According to local people, these forty poplar trees were used by the forty warriors of Manas as wedges to tie their horses, …
On-Site training workshops with community members: Jalal-Abad province
On 6-8 September , 2019 Aigine CRC is conducting on-site training workshop for sacred site guardians, pilgrims, traditional practitioners and members of working group of Jalal-Abad province. The main objectives of the workshop is to familiarize the participants with the UNESCO 2003 Convention on Safeguarding ICH, to develop sacred site and pilgrimage practice safeguarding measures, as …
On-site training course. Djalal-Abad province
On 6-8 September 2019, Aigine CRC carried out on-site training course in Djalal-Abad province in Arstanbap resort. The event was conducted within the framework of the project on Safeguarding of Practices and Rare Rituals Related to Sacred Sites in Kyrgyzstan: Preparation of an Inventory and Safeguarding Measures. Sacred site guardians, pilgrims and historians from Toktogul, …