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Weekly Update from Aigine CRC
This week, the filming of traditional koshoks took place within the framework of the project “Blessing of Seven Mothers.” The project is dedicated to the…
Weekly Update from Aigine Cultural Research Center
Meeting with historian and ethnographer Nodyr Kuziyev: On 11 September, we met with Nodyr Kuziyev, historian and ethnographer of Bukhara University. The meeting took place…
Weekly Update from Aigine Cultural Research Center
Aigine CRC continues its work on creating an interactive platform that will unite materials on petroglyphs from Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. The website…
Weekly Update from Aigine Cultural Research Center
Working Meeting: On 21 August, the Aigine CRC team, together with experts, visited the ethno-complex Supara and met with its director, Zhanylsynzat Turganbaeva. The main…

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.

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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