{"id":18153,"date":"2026-02-20T16:50:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T10:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aigine.kg\/?p=18153"},"modified":"2026-02-20T16:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T10:50:11","slug":"weekly-update-from-aigine-crc-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/aigine.kg\/?p=18153&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Update from Aigine CRC"},"content":{"rendered":"

How did the Kyrgyz name days and months?<\/strong> The team of Aigine CRC<\/strong> held a discussion to clarify the Kyrgyz traditional system of time reckoning. Over the years, users of our calendars have raised questions and well-grounded doubts about the accuracy of certain month names and the order in which they are counted. Two versions<\/strong> were compared: the widely used one today (the year begins in January\u2014 \u201cUchtun ay\u0131\u201d) and the version recorded by Ishenaly Arabayev (1911) and Kasym Tynystanov (1926), and discussed in T\u00f6r\u00f6n Zhumaev\u2019s research (the year begins in February \u2014 \u201cJalgan Kuran\u201d). The specialists\u2019 meeting<\/strong> on February 17 was attended by Temirbek Toktogaziev, Ormon Momunbekov, Zhenishbek Kyzalakov, D\u00f6\u00f6l\u00f6t Sydykov, Shaakan Toktogul, and Chynara Seydakhmatova. As a result, the group agreed to follow the Arabayev\u2013Tynystanov\u2013Zhumaev sequence of month names, which is based on the \u201ctogool\u201d cycle\u2014the conjunction of the Moon with the Pleiades constellation (\u00dcrk\u00f6r), aligning with the traditional Kyrgyz worldview that orients daily life by the movement of celestial bodies. The discussion also highlighted older month names found in Tang-dynasty Chinese sources and preserved in the oral memory of elders and knowledge holders. In addition, questions about Kyrgyz names for weekdays, planets, and constellations were raised\u2014this topic requires broader and more systematic<\/strong> research and further meetings. Aigine CRC<\/strong> sincerely thanks all participants for their preparation, respect for differing viewpoints, and constructive dialogue.<\/p>\n

From the researcher\u2019s diary<\/strong>: Research on the study and reconstruction of traditional Kyrgyz women\u2019s horse tack (women\u2019s saddles and related elements) used in bridal farewell rituals continues in Jekendi village, Chong-Alai district. We met a local resident who has carefully preserved silver horse tack inherited from his ancestors. He shared that both his father and grandfather were renowned jeweler-craftsmen who made horse equipment, and he continues this tradition today. He noted that artisans producing silver-plated tack are now extremely rare; larger stirrups were made for men, while smaller ones were intended for women. The team also documented that horse equipment was prepared not only for the bride but for the groom as well: in the southern regions, the bride\u2019s relatives traditionally presented horse tack to the groom. Ongoing research aims to clarify how this custom was practiced in northern regions. The project is implemented with support from the PAWANKA Fund.<\/p>\n

Film preparing: This week, the editing and final preparation of the \u201ctopu\u201d video<\/strong> for Kyrgyzstan\u2019s nomination file<\/strong> has been completed. Earlier, the Aigine CRC<\/strong> team carried out filming with the active participation of artisans, knowledge bearers, and the Kiyiz-Duynyo<\/strong> team. The video highlights the cultural significance and social role of topu, along with the knowledge and skills involved in making it, showing how the tradition of wearing topu has evolved from earlier forms to the present day while remaining meaningful and naturally fitting into contemporary life and design. The film will become part of a multinational nomination prepared by five Central Asian countries on the craft of making and the traditions of wearing topu\/tubeteika, to be submitted for inscription on UNESCO\u2019s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How did the Kyrgyz name days and months? The team of Aigine CRC held a discussion to clarify the Kyrgyz traditional system of time reckoning. Over the years, users of our calendars have raised questions and well-grounded doubts about the accuracy of certain month names and the order in which they are counted. Two versions …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/aigine.kg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18153"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/aigine.kg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/aigine.kg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aigine.kg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aigine.kg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18153"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/aigine.kg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18154,"href":"http:\/\/aigine.kg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18153\/revisions\/18154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/aigine.kg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aigine.kg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aigine.kg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}