Year: 2025

🌀 Results of the Video Contest on Traditional Crafts Announced:An event was held at the office of the Aigine Cultural Research Center to announce the results of the video contest organized as part of the creation of a digital database on traditional crafts of Kyrgyzstan. The contest involved field researchers who documented masters, techniques, and the cultural significance of crafts across all regions of the country. A total of 35 video submissions were received from 6 researchers. The winners are:🥇 1st place — Doolot Rysbaev🥈 2nd place — Burul Ismantaeva…

📚 Meeting with the “Manas” Academy on the Oral Folk Art SectionOn May 26, the Aigine CRC team met with the staff of the National Academy “Manas” to discuss the oral folk art and performing arts section of the intangible cultural heritage database. During the meeting, a preliminary expert review of the collected materials was conducted, and a presentation plan was discussed. It was agreed that the section will be presented in the first half of June. This section includes traditions of storytelling, songs, proverbs, legends, and other forms of…

🌀 Meetings and Collaboration in Uzbekistan: From May 14 to 15, the Aigine Cultural Research Center team held a series of key meetings in Uzbekistan focused on fostering collaboration and shaping the methodology for a future regional database of Central Asian petroglyphs. On May 14 in Tashkent, the team met with staff of the Research Institute of Cultural Studies and Intangible Cultural Heritage. Aigine’s director, Gulnara Aitpaeva, shared the Center’s experience in safeguarding intangible heritage through books, animation, and visual media. The meeting concluded with the signing of a memorandum…

🏔️ Field Trip: On May 7, the Aigine team completed an expedition that began in the village of Kök-Jar (Nookat District, Osh Region). The goal was to survey a unique cluster of petroglyphs in the Aravan District, near the border with Uzbekistan — a site that had not been previously studied. Together with archaeologist Saltanat Alisher kyzy, the team documented the rock images, which will soon be thoroughly described and interpreted, including traditional explanations. These materials will become part of a forthcoming Central Asian petroglyphs database — a resource that…