Year: 2023

Research on “konur үn”: The Aigine CRC team together with the initiative group “Konur үn” launched the project “Bringing konur үn to the sound of Kyrgyz orchestra”. Rysbek Zhunushov and Marat Berikbaev, masters and experts of the project, began making komuzes and kyl kyyaks that preserve the original Kyrgyz sound of “konur”. The project’s initiator, orchestralist Cholpon Turumbaeva, is also conducting research on “konur үn”. Working meetings: On October 11, 2023, a meeting was held at the  Aigine CRC office  with residents of Kalkagar village (Ton district), who had started…

Field trip: On October 6, the Aigine CRC team conducted a field trip to the sacred site of Archa Mazar, which is located in Ton district and is included in Aigine’s list of sacred sites of Kyrgyzstan. The field trip was made at the request of the guardians of nature and pilgrimage culture, who approached Aigine’s CRC with concerns. The guardians are concerned about the physical destruction of natural sacred sites, particularly the Archa Mazar. A lone Archa used to grow here amidst the stone plat. Over a hundred years…

Screening of cartoons about sacred places: On September 23, at the children’s center for childhood and youth “Seytek”, the team of Aigine and the Sanjarbek Daniyarov Foundation held a screening of cartoons based on legends about two sacred places of the country, which were created within the framework of the partnership project of Aigine and Soltek. The screening was organized for students of At-Bashyn secondary school, who came to Bishkek at the invitation of the S. Daniyarov Foundation, as well as for students of Bishkek schools and “Seytek” center. After…

First organizational meeting on the project: On September 13, the first meeting on “Bringing konur үn to the sound of the Kyrgyz orchestra” was held at the Aiginė CRC office. The goal of this project is to explore ways of extracting and preserving the konur sound (an indigenous Kyrgyz sound), as well as ways to bring it into the sound of the orchestra. At the last meeting, the initiator of the idea, orchestra specialist Cholpon Turumbaeva and the initiative group together with representatives of Aiguine discussed the tasks and activities…