On October 30, at the Issyk-Kul State University, Zhanyl Bokontayeva made a report and presentation on the project “Mobilizing academic communities in Central Asia to produce new knowledge about the 1916 Uprising, and to build shared academic platforms for exchanging and disseminating knowledge about ethnically or/and politically sensitive topics”and their participation in it. The seminar …
Day: February 24, 2020
On-Site training workshops with community members: Batken province province
On 12-15 September 2019 Aigine CRC has conducted on-site training workshop for sacred site guardians, pilgrims, traditional practitioners and members of working group of Batken 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 …
Consultation meetings on ICH
On 22-24 October 2019, Aigine CRC organized and hosted a workshop with the international expert on ICH and inventory making, Mr. Guara Mancacaritadipura from Indonesia. The main goal of the workshop was to discuss, elaborate and analyze the first draft of the National Inventory of ICH practices related to Sacred Sites in Kyrgyzstan and the …
Sacred Geography of Kyrgyzstan: Shuduman
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 …