Day: March 7, 2024

📻 Radio Show “Asyl Zhan”: On February 26, the guests for the final interview of the “Asyl Zhan” series were Gulnara Aitpaeva, the head of AigineCultural Research Center, and Cholponai Usubalieva-Grishchuk, the senior project coordinator. The show was initiated by Aigine CRC and supported by Community Media to combat and reduce the incidence of violence. Over three months, thirty-six live interviews were conducted, allowing representatives from various fields, including women who have experienced violence, to share their thoughts and life experiences. In the final broadcast, Gulnara Aitpaeva and Cholponai U-G…

🎶 Learning Process for Young Musicians: The project’s working group, consisting of musicians Cholpon Turumbayeva, Rysbek Junushov, Zalina Kasymova, and the master of traditional musical instrument crafting Marat Berikbayev, has completed the process of modifying the structure of the kyl kyyak to enable it to easily produce the “koñur ýn” (traditional Kyrgyz music). This week, the project’s working group started the training phase for young musicians to play on the reconstructed kyl kyyaks. The final goal of training this group of musicians in playing reconstructed komuz and kyl kyyak is…

📚 Work Meetings: This week, the team of  Aigine CRC held a series of meetings with bearers of traditional Kyrgyz culture. The purpose of the meetings was to discuss how traditional culture, including crafts and akynship (traditional storytelling through music), can contribute to addressing contemporary social issues. Within these work meetings, the Aygine team and experts also reviewed collaboration requests and proposals. The evaluation of proposals took into account their alignment with Aygine’s mission and their ability to address modern problems in ways understandable to broader audiences. 📻 As part…