Today, December 23, Aigine CIC held a presentation of the National Guidelines for the Preservation of Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Practices and Rituals. The presentation was attended by coordinators of regional working groups, guardians of sacred sites, members of the Supervisory Board, employees of the National Commission for UNESCO, as well as local experts on ICH. During the presentation, issues of disseminating the guide to appropriate communities and educational institutions in the regions were discussed. The presentation ended with the Sham Zhaguu and Tilek Kiluu rituals, where each participant expressed…
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Online meeting of working groups of the NGO Forum under UNESCO
Today, December 14, an online meeting of the working groups of non-governmental organizations accredited under the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage 2003. The purpose of this working group is, in particular, to consider how best to implement and use the Overall Results Framework of the Convention, particularly in the preparation of periodic reports, but also throughout national or local safeguarding plans that incorporate evaluation objectives to varying degrees. At the meeting, the representative of the Aigine CRC Cholponai Usubalieva-Grischuk presented the vision of the Aigine…
Communities Conserving Nature: Global Challenges and Experience of Konduk village
The team of experts of the Aigine CRC prepared for publication a brochure “Communities that preserve nature: global challenges and the experience of Kunduk village”. Published in September 2020, the brochure contains the following topics: basic concepts of biodiversity and ecosystems, climate change, sustainable development and household waste issues, composting. The brochure includes global trends and experience of Kyrgyzstan. Intended for rural communities and published within the framework of the project “Integration of traditional practices and scientific methods, strengthening the capacity of local specialists and raising awareness of residents for…
Konduk village, Alai Kuu: the beginning of field research
On September 21, 2020, Aigine CRC began field research in Konduk village as part of the project “Integration of traditional practices and scientific methods, strengthening the capacity of local specialists and raising awareness of residents for the conservation of biodiversity and ecology (Kulun-Ata reserve, Konduk village, Osh region)”. The main expert of the project, Aibek Samakov, trains local residents in methods of collecting material about sacred animals, plants and places of the Kulun-Ata reserve and Alai-Kuu valley, as well as analyzes the materials already collected by local residents. One of…