On February 3, the Aigine CRC team held a working focus group with traditional practitioners on interpreting images on the petroglyphs of Kyrgyzstan.
The purpose of the meeting was to interpret in the traditional way the meaning of Cervidae (deer family and Bovidae (mountain goat family) depicted on the petroglyphs of Kyrgyzstan.
Kyrgyz traditional meanings and symbols of deer and mountain goats, the concepts of the material and spiritual worlds, and the significance of deer and mountain goats for humans were discussed.
The discussion was organized within the framework of the new initiative on Enriching Kyrgyz Indigenous Knowledge supported by the Worldwide Indigenous Science Network (WISN).
