On February 2-4, 2022,representatives of Aigine CRC held a meeting with the State Secretary S.S.Kasmambetov, Minister of Culture A.K. Jamankulov and other employees of thisministry. The purpose of the meetings wasto inform high-ranking officials about the situation with the sacred sites of the country and related complex of traditions andrituals that constitute the intangible cultural heritage (ICH) and underlie thecountry’s cultural self-identification. Religious radicalization, on theone hand, and mass commercialization, on the other, lead to the destruction ofthe ICH of the peoples of the country. The experience of the Aigine…
