🌘: 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,…
