On May 6, reflections and exchange of views of international experts began on the mechanisms for introducing cultural elements into the UNESCO lists under the 2003 Convention. This meeting was convened at the request of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage and is generously supported by the Government of Japan. Participants discussed, inter alia, (A) the overall approach to the listing mechanism; (B) issues related to the criteria of inscription; (C) issues related to the follow-up of inscribed elements and (D) methodology for the evaluation of nominations.…
Year: 2021
Field trips to study the petroglyphs of Issyk-Kul
From April 29, 2021, the Aigine CRC team, together with traditional practitioners and the country’s archaeologist, resumed field research to study the petroglyphs of the Issyk-Kul region. Field trips take place in Ak-Bulun village of Ak-Suu region, in Ala-Bashy village of Ton region and in Ornok village of Issyk-Kul region. The search and finding of “Kyrgyz” petroglyphs, which are distinguished by a special form and lines of transmission of drawings, were remarkable. The research team also found several balbals dating back to the 6-9th centuries AD, which were scattered across…
Elmirbek Imanaliev website presentation
Today on April 23, 2021 at the Kyrgyz State University of Arts named after B. Beishenalieva hosted a presentation of a website dedicated to the outstanding akyn Elmirbek Imanaliev, who passed away in April 2020. The site was prepared by Gulzhan Kudabay-Gallagher, who spoke about the tasks and structure of the site. Aigine presented two video dedicated to Elmirbek Imanaliev, which are presented on the website. The first dedication – Elmirbek’s dastan “Zhaisandyn yry” was presented by Cholponay Usubalieva – Grischuk. Singers from Yakutia, Shoria, Altai and Kazakhstan were invited…
Discussion of Ak-Bulun petroglyphs - scientific and traditional approaches
On April 20, 2021, a meeting of traditional practitioners with one of the country’s main archaeologists, Kubat Tabaldiev, took place at Aigine CRC office within the framework of the “Secret Power of Petroglyphs” project. The main objective of the meeting was a detailed discussion of the petroglyphs of Ak-Bulun village of Ak-Suu district of the Issyk-Kul region, where the project team of the Aigine CRC conducted their first field trip. Traditional practitioners shared their impressions, thoughts, sensations and received ayans on the Ak-Bulun petroglyphs, and all photos, audio and video…