Year: 2023

Konur үn: On December 27, a working meeting was held at the Aiginė CRC office as part of the new project “Bringing konur үn to the sound of the Kyrgyz orchestra”. The initiative group of the project, musicians Cholpon Turumbaeva, Rysbek Junushov and the master of traditional musical instruments Marat Berikbaev discussed further practical tasks and planned activities of the project. Rysbek Zhunushov, the project master on comuz making, finalized the process of comuz making. Based on the general analysis, the master Marat Berikbaev will make changes in the structure…

The process of creating musical instruments under the “konur ún” project: Rysbek Zhunushov and Marat Berikbaev, masters and experts of the “Bringing konur ún to the sound of the Kyrgyz orchestra” project, are in the process of making komuzes and kyl kyyaks that can convey the original Kyrgyz sound of “konur”. Six 4-string kyl kyyaks have already been completed. The project will produce 12 musical instruments: 6 komuzes and 6 kyl kyyaks. The next stage of the project is to train musicians to play these instruments. Program Asyl Zhan: this…

Preservation of Murdash petroglyphs: The Aigine CRC team continues to work on the creation of a digital map of the Murdash Bashy historical and cultural complex in Osh oblast. Within the framework of this project, a field trip was made on the basis of which a digital map was created. At the moment about 250 stones of the complex have been mapped. The description of each stone will include an archaeological note and traditional interpretation of the stone drawings. Within the framework of the project “Digital Journey into the World…

📚 Work on the revision and translation of the national inventory of intangible cultural heritage elements: representatives of 8 domains of the national inventory of ICH elements of Kyrgyzstan – oral folk art, traditional music, traditional rituals and festivities, traditional cuisine, traditional crafts and trades, traditional games, knowledge and practices related to nature and the universe, pilgrimage practices and rituals related to sacred places continue their work on updating, revising and supplementing the national inventory of elements of intangible cultural heritage elements At the moment, the project working group has…