On December 6, a meeting of Aigine CRC team and partners with representatives of UN-Women in the Kyrgyz Republic took place. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the concept of the closing ceremony of 16 days of activism against gender-based violence. The concept was proposed by Aigine CRC and is based on the belief that cultural heritage and its bearers should be involved in active action against violence. One of the key questions that interested Ulziyisuren Zhamsran, head of UN-Women in the Kyrgyz Republic: what rhetoric, mechanisms and…
Year: 2021
Contest, dedicated to the memory of the poet, singer, melodist, People's Artist of the Kyrgyz Republic Elmirbek Imanaliev
Regulations of the contest, dedicated to the memory of the poet, singer, melodist, People’s Artist of the Kyrgyz Republic Elmirbek Imanaliev and aimed at popularizing his work, as well as bringing it to the international level. The competition will be held on December 23, 2021, at 09:00 in the concert hall of KTRK. The competition is open to all musicians and students of music schools from 15 to 35 years old, who sing the works of Elmirbek Imanaliev to the accompaniment of national musical instruments, as well as those who…
Contribution to the development of the ICH database in the Asia-Pacific region
On November 25, the Aigine CRC team held the workshop within the framework of the project “Sustainable Research Data Collection for ICH Safeguarding in the Asia-Pacific Region” The participants of the workshop were welcomed by the Director-General of IRCI Mr. Wataru Iwamoto. During the meeting, potential partners got acquainted with the activities of the IRCI Center – UNESCO Category 2 Center, learned about plans to develop the existing database of the center. Following the IRCI presentation at the Q&A session, the workshop participants discussed strategic issues related to the development…
Formation of a database on intangible cultural heritage in the Asia-Pacific region
On November 25, 2021, a seminar will be held on the formation of a database on intangible cultural heritage. The workshop is being conducted by Aigine CRC within the framework of the project “Sustainable Research Data Collection for ICH Safeguarding in the Asia-Pacific Region” as a regional partner of the International Research Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI). The regional project is one of the steps taken by IRCI and its partners to create an information base for research on intangible cultural heritage elements in the…