Month: July 2024

👩🏻‍🍼 Support for Mothers: Aigine CRC, in partnership with the “Mother’s Support” initiative group, is launching the “Blessings of Seven Mothers” project. This project aims to preserve and activate traditional women’s practices, which are important elements of the indigenous culture of the Kyrgyz people. Three traditional women’s practices – bata (blessing), saima saiyuu (pattern creation), and koshok aituu (mourning) – will be used as tools against violence and for the rehabilitation of women who have experienced violence. Bata, as a practice of blessing and wishing well, will serve as a…

👩🏻‍💻 International Seminar: From July 4 to 7, an international seminar titled “Joint Promotion of Cultural Heritage in Central Asia and Beyond: Opportunities and Challenges” was held on the shore of Lake Issyk-Kul. The event brought together cultural heritage experts and bearers of traditional knowledge from Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Russia, selected based on their significant work in areas of interest to the Aigine Cultural Research Center. Participants focused their collaborative efforts on three key themes and directions: the political context of joint promotion of cultural heritage, commercialization and over-commercialization…

📑 Working Meetings: On June 24th in Paris, the summer meeting of the Evaluation Body of the Intergovernmental Committee, which operates under the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, began. The session is attended by 12 experts representing cultures from around the world. The Aigine CRC was elected as a member of the Evaluation Committee in 2022 from non-governmental organizations of the Pacific and Asian regions. 📊 Creation of Infographics: As part of the project “Digital Journey into the World of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Kyrgyzstan,”…