Month: October 2023

Field trips: From October 21-24, 2023, the Aigine CRC team made a number of trips to historical and cultural sites of petroglyphs in southern Kyrgyzstan. The first visit was to the historical and cultural complex of petroglyphs located in the area known as Jol-Chyrak and Kaldyrama-Boz Bee, also called Murdash-Bashy. On October 22, the team visited the Batken petroglyphs for the first time. During the visits, the team documented a number of stones and assessed the physical condition of the complexes. As part of further actions to preserve and protect…

🌳 Activities on restoration and protection of Archa Mazar: Within the framework of legalization of activities on restoration and protection of the sacral site Archa Mazar, located in Ton district of Ysy-Kul province, the initiative group prepared a letter of appeal to Akim of Ton district with a request for permission to carry out the necessary restoration and protection works of Mazar. 🏔️ Climate Change in Kyrgyzstan: Common Observations and Challenges for Sustainable Cultural Heritage: On October 18, at a meeting of cultural heritage experts in Isfahan, Iran, representatives of…

Research on “konur үn”: The Aigine CRC team together with the initiative group “Konur үn” launched the project “Bringing konur үn to the sound of Kyrgyz orchestra”. Rysbek Zhunushov and Marat Berikbaev, masters and experts of the project, began making komuzes and kyl kyyaks that preserve the original Kyrgyz sound of “konur”. The project’s initiator, orchestralist Cholpon Turumbaeva, is also conducting research on “konur үn”. Working meetings: On October 11, 2023, a meeting was held at the  Aigine CRC office  with residents of Kalkagar village (Ton district), who had started…

Field trip: On October 6, the Aigine CRC team conducted a field trip to the sacred site of Archa Mazar, which is located in Ton district and is included in Aigine’s list of sacred sites of Kyrgyzstan. The field trip was made at the request of the guardians of nature and pilgrimage culture, who approached Aigine’s CRC with concerns. The guardians are concerned about the physical destruction of natural sacred sites, particularly the Archa Mazar. A lone Archa used to grow here amidst the stone plat. Over a hundred years…