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…
Day: October 10, 2023
Weekly review of Aiginė CRC activities
Screening of cartoons about sacred places: On September 23, at the children’s center for childhood and youth “Seytek”, the team of Aigine and the Sanjarbek Daniyarov Foundation held a screening of cartoons based on legends about two sacred places of the country, which were created within the framework of the partnership project of Aigine and Soltek. The screening was organized for students of At-Bashyn secondary school, who came to Bishkek at the invitation of the S. Daniyarov Foundation, as well as for students of Bishkek schools and “Seytek” center. After…
Weekly review of Aiginė CRC activities
First organizational meeting on the project: On September 13, the first meeting on “Bringing konur үn to the sound of the Kyrgyz orchestra” was held at the Aiginė CRC office. The goal of this project is to explore ways of extracting and preserving the konur sound (an indigenous Kyrgyz sound), as well as ways to bring it into the sound of the orchestra. At the last meeting, the initiator of the idea, orchestra specialist Cholpon Turumbaeva and the initiative group together with representatives of Aiguine discussed the tasks and activities…