2022

Strengthening Indigenous Identities of Kyrgyzstani People through Acquaintance with Other Indigenous Cultures

“Arysh Kench” Public Association The initiative plans the translation of the book into Kyrgyz with comments and its publication.This initiative will make a positive contribution to the post-colonial movements that are taking shape in the country and the regions.

Preservation of the language and lifeways of the Yaghnobi

Public organization “Anahita” el proyecto promueve un programa para preservar su lengua y revitalizar sus valores e identidad, que incluye: ayudar a la comunidad a unirse en torno a su cultura, reunir a las generaciones y dar voz a su lengua, cultura y tradiciones únicas, así como ofrecer a la comunidad indígena la oportunidad de …

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Indigenous Youth Forum “Indigenous Philosophies and Traditional Knowledge and Cultures in the Changing World”

Center for Peace Dialogues and Holistic Development The proposed initiative includes the preparation and organization of the Indigenous Youth Forum – a collaborative platform focused on reflecting, and reinventing the meaning and relevance of traditional knowledge, cultures, and philosophies of nomadic civilizations of Central and Inner Asia in a contemporary world.

“Sutain Khishig” The Blessing of sacred Sutai Mountain—Arvai Barley Flour

Cooperative “Bayalag Sutain Khugjil” The ultimate goal of the Initiative is to revitalize the culture of respect for local food, and the practice of Arvai sowing, growing, harvesting, and eating as an integral part of healthy and prosperous life in the mountainous communities of Western Mongolia and beyond.

Strengthening promotion agro-biodiversity of seed system based on community

Public organization “Zan va Zamin”(Women and the Earth) This initiative will bring together organizations involved for conservation seed diversity, with a particular focus on involvement of women.As part of this activity, it is planned to conduct trainings on self-managed seed banks and strengthening community seed systems with a special focus on role of peasant women …

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Nomadic Nature Trunk (NNT)

Land of Snow Leopard Network (LOSL) The NNT program is an award-winning conservation initiative established by one of the LOSL’s members in Mongolia. Each trunk contains a portable, conservation education curriculum consisting of 15-20 highly interactive game-based lessons covering such topics as native biodiversity, habitats, and human-wildlife conflict. LOSL is committed to decolonizing mainstream conservation …

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Documenting and Promoting Traditional Medical Knowledge and Skills: Midwives as Bearers of Centuries-Old Health-related Traditions

Public Association “Miralina” The initiative aims to document this traditional medical knowledge and promote its use across the country. The information collected during this documentation eefort will be used to update the section on “Traditional Medicine” in the National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Kyrgyz

Documenting the Petroglyphs of Ak-Bulun (Ak-Suisky District, Issyk-Kulsky Oblast, Kyrgyzstan).

Aigine Cultural Research Center (CRC) In order to document, interpret, and transfer the traditional knowledge imprinted on the Ak-Bulun petroglyphs, Aigine Center will hold training seminars for students, work with students to certify the Ak-Bulun petroglyphs, create an online map, an information stand, and enter the complex into the state register.