Today, on March 29, there was a discussion of possible ways of cooperation between Aigine CRC and the Ethno-cultural research and educational center “AruSvati”, Altai Republic, Russia. The head of AruSvati” center, Danil Ivanovich Mamyev, and the staff of Aigine CRC shared with each other their proposals and ideas in the framework of possible international cooperation and found common ground. The ideas of certification of historical monuments and petroglyphs of Karakol valley in Altai and in the place of accumulation of rock carvings in Ak-Bulun, Issyk-Kul region, attracting archaeologists, historians…
Year: 2022
Working meetings
On March 24, an online meeting of the co-chairs of the Working Group on the geographically balanced representation of regions, formed at the Forum of Accredited NGOs, took place. The forum operates under the International Committee for the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. Matti Hakamäki from Finland and Cholponai Usubalieva-Grischuk discussed and agreed on the details of the program of the general meeting of the Forum members, which will take place next week.
Aigine CRC's presentation within the framework of an online workshop on the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
On 13 March 2022 Cholponai UG represented as a guest speaker and delivered a presentation on Safeguarding of Practices and Rare Rituals Related to Sacred Sites in Kyrgyzstan implemented in 2018-2020 with the support of the International Assistance program of the UNESCO ICH Fund. Aigine CRC’s project was selected as one of the best examples of community-based inventorying of ICH. The presentation touched upon the concept of pilgrimage practices and rituals, decades-long history of Aigine CRC’s research on sacred sites, current risks and challenges, need for and development of safeguarding…
Meeting of the UNESCO Evaluation Committee
The first joint online meeting of the Evaluation Committee of the Intergovernmental Committee of the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage took place on Wednesday 23 February. It was attended by 12 international experts and the Secretariat of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. The purpose of the meeting was to get to know each other, agree on a schedule and work principles. The most important part of the meeting was the practical achievement of an agreed position in the evaluation…