From 13 to 15 April 2021, the Aigine CRC team, alongside traditional knowledge bearers and practitioners from Issyk-Kul, Bishkek and Talas, made their first field trip to the petroglyph site in the village of Ak-Bulun, Ak-Suu district, Issyk-Kul province. This field visit was dedicated to studying petroglyphs by means of receiving ayans, or spiritual visions and messages within the project “Ayans, their Interpretations and Social Power” supported by the Worldwide Indigenous Science Network. Upon their arrival at the site, the practitioners carried out the jyt chygaruu ritual, or making sacrificial…
