Month: April 2023

On April 13, a meeting was held at the Aigine CRC at the request of longtime partners who played a key role in the creation of ensemble of a thousand komuz players “En Belgi “. Musicians Cholpon Turumbayeva, Rysbek Junushov and the master of traditional musical instruments Marat Berikbayev came with an initiative to restore the “konur un” in the modern orchestra. They characterized this sound as an “authentic Kyrgyz sound”, namely natural, meditative, softly velvety, without high harsh intonations. In musical terminology, it is approximately a low-octave sound. The…

Aigine CRC is starting to implement the project “Digital Journey to ICH of Kyrgyzstan”. The project is supported by the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund of UNESCO. The overall objective is to establish an interactive multimedia digital platform (website) of ICH elements with comprehensive information on the 2003 Convention, ICH communities, active stakeholders, safeguarding activities and audio/visual materials. The first thematic block of the platform will include: pilgrimage practices and sacred sites in Kyrgyzstan inventoried during the previous project; seven interactive video infographics on the 2003 Convention’s main concepts and basic…

Today, on March 31, at the office of Aigine CRC, the Soltec team in partnership with the Aigine CRC team held a working meeting to research and form a block of knowledge on indigenous prayers, blessings, parting words, meditative practices, in particular, women’s approaches, in order to further their revitalization through development of a digital catalog. An independent journalist and researcher of Kyrgyz genealogy, Shaakan Toktogul presented for discussion the traditional models of the so-called active meditative female practices that were adopted in the Kyrgyz traditional culture – weaving and…