Month: October 2024

🏞️ Local Research: In early October, the Aigine CRC team conducted training sessions for students in the villages of Kyzyl-Bulak, Uchkun, and Okhna in Kadamjay District, Batken Region. These training sessions were held as part of the “Great Mountains” project, where students are tasked with conducting research in their villages on topics such as a) legends, b) medicinal herbs, c) petroglyphs, d) notable women, e) Indigenous Kyrgyzstan, and f) the year 1916. In addition to research, the students organized a community cleanup in the mountains. We received videos of this…

👩🏻‍💻 Work Meetings: From October 14 to 17, the Aigine team held work meetings in Talas Region with the custodians of koshok, the art of women’s lamentation. We met with 95-year-old Saadabubu Apa, 93-year-old Kalemkash Apa, 81-year-old Farida Apa, and 80-year-old Arzan Apa. These wise women not only shared their experience in performing koshok, but also recounted their life journeys, deeply intertwined with traditions and profound respect for cultural heritage. 👩🏻‍💻 Field Trips: This week, the Aigine CRC team continues to enrich the petroglyph database by visiting several complexes in…

🥋 International Conference: From October 7 to 9, the International Forum took place in Chunju, South Korea, gathering representatives from 12 countries involved in martial arts. Cultural specialists, tradition bearers, and practitioners came together to discuss important issues and share their experiences. On October 7, the first session focused on the topic “Martial Arts as Intangible Cultural Heritage and Their Role.” The session was moderated by Gulnara Aitpaeva, Director of the Aigine Cultural Research Center. On October 8, Cholponai U. G., Senior Project Coordinator at Aigine, presented to the forum…

🌘: On October 3, we met with Upöl Beyshebayeva, an expert in the traditional art of koshok – public mourning. Upöl eje shared that she had learned this craft from her 98-year-old mother, who currently resides in Talas. During the meeting, we discussed the possibility of holding a mourning ritual in memory of women who died at the hands of their husbands or former partners, as part of the “Grace of Seven Mothers” project. Our goal is to preserve the memory of these tragic events through the art of koshok,…