Day: March 10, 2014

The textbook is based on rich field materials gathered between 2005 and 2008 in Talas and Issyq-Kol Aigine developed a textbook called “Muras Taanuu”. It is intended for the 4th – 8th grades of Kyrgyz secondary school. The main approach to creating the textbook has been place-based, particularly using sacred sites as the basis for …

The cultural practice of worshipping at the sacred sites, known as Mazars, is one of the ancient Kyrgyz traditions. Even though the first known date of the worship at these sacred sites is not known precisely, it is several centuries old and has its cultural functions and place in current times as well. In this …

This publication was devoted to a complex of sacred sites located in the Nyldy-Ata gorge, close to the village of Ozgorush in Talas raion.  In this unique place, the territory of which is around 7 kilometres square, there are over 30 springs, stones and trees regarded by the local population as sacred sites.  The publication …

Articles published in the book “Sacred sites of Isyk-Köl: Spiritual Powers, Pilgrimage, and art” (in Kyrgyz, Russian and English), Aigine, 2009: Aitpaeva Gulnara. The dispute on pilgrimage to sacred sites among Kyrgyz Muslims Aldakeeva Gulmira. The role of spirits in Kyrgyz culture Almashev Chagat, Erlenbaeva Maya. Sacred sites and objects of the peoples of Altai …