🌀 Ongoing Work on the Traditional Crafts Database: Active efforts continue to establish a comprehensive database of traditional Kyrgyz crafts. Researchers Mirlan Zholdoshev and Ruslan Junusov are currently finalizing fieldwork in Batken region, where they have conducted meetings and interviews with local artisans and craftsmen. Soon, the Aigine Cultural Research Center team, together with field researchers, will begin analyzing and structuring the collected data. The Kyrgyz-language terminology for the “Traditional Crafts” domain of the National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage will be developed and approved, followed by translation of the…
