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Weekly Update from Aigine CRC
An important work is coming to an end — the creation of the Central Asian Petroglyphs Database. Behind this result are months of joint work,…
Weekly Update from Aigine CRC
Meeting with Partners: Traditional Knowledge and Water in the Context of Climate Change: A meeting was held at the office of Aigine CRC with representatives…
Weekly Update from Aigine CRC
Aigine CRC launches a series of meetings with epic storytellers of “Manas”: Aigine Cultural Research Center has launched a series of meetings with the reciters…
Weekly Update from Aigine CRC
On December 2, Aigine hosted a working meeting with the ICHCAP team to review the current status of the digital resource on traditional crafts in…
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Sacred Geography of Kyrgyzstan

The Sacred Geography of Kyrgyzstan is a representation of both natural and cultural phenomena. This is a network of sacred sites – springs, caves, mountains, mausoleums, lakes, tombs and trees – that people visit as pilgrims. An essential part of any pilgrimage practice is performance of rituals and ceremonies, which turns territories covered by sacred sites into a ritualized land.

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Our mission

Aigine Cultural Research Center (CRC) (which means “lucid”, “definite”) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization founded in May 2004 at the initiative of Gulnara Aitpaeva, Doctor of Philology, with the participation of Aida Alymbaeva and Mukaram Toktogulova, Candidate of Philology.

Aigine CRC works in the field of traditional knowledge, education and social science. The center conducts spiritual, educational and scientific activities based on external grants and self-financing. These activities are directed at preserving, developing and integrating traditional wisdom with contemporary life. Aigine CRC aims to incorporate the positive potential of traditional wisdom in decision-making at all levels of public and political life.

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