Day: June 10, 2022

Within the framework of the project “Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) and the Transformation of Cultural Codes”, Aigine CRC supported the initiative of the Uyghur diaspora living in the city of Karakol to document elements of their cultural heritage. This initiative aims to contribute to the cultural relay “Karakol – Commonwealth Capital of Culture” by documenting and preserving the cultural heritage of various ethnic groups living in Karakol. In 2022, the city of Karakol took over the cultural baton from Dushanbe. The initiative is being implemented by Professor of Issyk-Kul State…

In 2021, Aigine CRC team, on the initiative  of Manas epic chanter Tilek Asanov, together with the residents of Ak-Bulun village of the Issyk-Kul region, explored petroglyphs located in the mountains near Ak-Bulun. As it turned out, this complex was not known to specialists, was not documented and was not included in the registers of the cultural heritage of Kyrgyzstan. Since June 2022, Aigine CRC, with the support of Pawanka Fund, has started a project to study and preserve traditional knowledge associated with Ak-Bulun petroglyphs. The purpose of the project:…