From May 22 to May 27, 2023, first-year students enrolled in the educational program “Geography–History” at Sh. Ualikhanov University in Kokshetau began their educational archaeological practice at the Botai settlement. A total of 49 students are participating in the archaeological practice, including 27 female and 22 male students.

A news report by KOKSHE TV covering the festival “Botai Pyragy–2023,” organized on May 18, 2023 by the State Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve “Botai” as part of the “Museum Night” campaign.

Beginning with the Renaissance era, humanity placed increasing importance on a more refined and aesthetic expression of artistic thought, as well as the encoding of symbols in painting, architecture, and theatre. Through signs and encoded ideas, the style and intent of artists became easily recognizable, and their works continue to inspire admiration to this day. With the development of global civilization, including cinema, music videos, animation, and computer technologies, the role of symbols and visual images has only grown stronger. In the modern development of the Republic of Kazakhstan, there are many positive historical and cultural images in which the national cultural code is embedded. In our view, these images must be preserved and promoted.

On May 22, 2023, the State Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve “Bozok” held an international scientific and practical conference titled “Traditional Rituality as a Manifestation of Remembering Culture: Resources and Strategies of Symbolic Capital of Steppe Eurasia”. The event was dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (2003), the 10th anniversary of the Concept on the Protection and Development of Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Republic of Kazakhstan (2013), and the 25th anniversary of the beginning of research on the medieval settlement “Bozok” (1998).