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May 15, 2024 · The most sacred performance involving the dombyra is the kui ( күй ), an instrumental epic piece that is also spiritual in nature. The word kui translates to “condition” or “mood” and the musical narratives are believed to touch the very soul of the listener, connecting them to the Creator.
The instrument is attributed to magical and even mystical properties, and its sound is associated with animal voices. Kazakh beliefs based on totems claimed that through this music you can communicate with the spirits of your ancestors.
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Mar 27, 2013 · Kazakh Dancing, Kara Jorga Style! Қара Жорға (Qara Jorga) is a popular dance song in Kazakhstan. My first connection with it is when my infant host brother was trained to perform it for houseguests. Snapping his little fingers and moving around, he’d dance around on his little toes and everyone would clap and give him candy.
Feb 14, 2024 · February 14, 2024. Kazakh folk music stands as a testament to the rich cultural tapestry woven by the Kazakh people, natives of the Central Asian region. Rooted in a profound history, this musical tradition serves as a melodic chronicle, narrating tales of legends, fairytales, and epics through improvisational musical accompaniment.
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Kazakhs are fond of music and are good at singing and dancing. Two famous Kazakh proverb go: "Songs and horses are the two wings of the Kazakh people" and "The sound of songs accompanies you from the cradle to the tomb." The "Dombra" is their favorite instrument (See Below). The Aken playing and singing festival is held every summer on the open ste...
Kazakh folk music instruments are classified by some into stringed instruments, skin instruments and breath instruments. They include the “kobyz” (a rudimentary two-stringed fiddle which is said to by some to have been the world’s first bower instrument), “zhetigen” ( a 7-string instrument with a rectangular sound box), “sybyzgy” (a pan-pipe like i...
The "dombra" (dutar or dongbula) is the favorite Kazakh instrument. It is a strummed two-stringed lute used in Uzbek and Kazakh music. Said to have made Genghis Khan weep, it comes with an oval, rectangular or guitar-shaped soundbox. The dombra comes in a variety of forms. Most of them are chiseled from whole piece of pinewood or birch wood, carefu...
In 2014, the Kazakh traditional art of Dombra Kuy was placed on the UNESCO Intangible Heritage list. According to UNESCO: The art of DombraKuy refers to a short solo composition performed on a traditional pear-shaped, long-necked, two-stringed, plucked musical instrument known as a dombra. The music aims to connect people to their historic roots an...
The Kazakhs and Kyrgyz have a long tradition of informal recitation of folklore and improvised narrative singing performed by bards. Kyrgyz bards have traditionally been , accompanied by a three-stringed, apricot-wood instrument called the “komuz”. The Kazakhs have a similar tradition except they use a two-string instrument. "Professional" singers ...
According to the Kazakhstan government: Of the hoary antiquity to the present day came Kazakh folk legend about the supernatural, the supernatural origin of music, singing. She says that soaring high in the sky, the divine song, flying over the great Kazakh steppe nomads, sank very low, so people hear it, by nature endowed with great musical gift a...
According to the Kazakhstan government: At the early stage of development of the music was completely subordinated to utility service needs of an ancient nomadic society and was accompanied by a major religious and personal ceremony. Difficulties during the formation of the Kazakh ethnic group major epics-zhyr, performed zhyrau (native epic traditi...
A.A. Zhubanova of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University wrote: “The musical culture of Kazakhs since olden days was famous for the composers and performers. Perhaps, boundless steppe spaces and a nomadic way of life promoted distribution and riches of sounds, result of that became creation of wonderful steppe performances. On the origin of unusual m...
According to the Kazakhstan government: Only by the 19th century was “Kazakh music released from the chains shackling of religion and ritual, and begins to develop as self-sufficient artistic creativity. This period was a truly spiritual renaissance of the nation, who gave the flowering major musical traditions of the people - the instrumental, son...
In 2014, an entourage of 200 or so Kazakh musicians performed at Carnegie Hall and Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. The concert titled “Magic Songs of the Eternal Steppe”. Two ensembles — the Kurmangazy Kazakh National Orchestra of Folk Instruments and the Baikadamov Kazakh National Choir — joined multiple soloists performed a program that feature...
Oct 1, 2020 · Founded in 1934, the Kazakh State Kurmangazy Orchestra of Folk Instruments is a world-renowned group that has performed melodies imbued with nomadic vibes in the United States, China and across Europe. The orchestra, named after Kazakhstan’s most famous folk artist Kurmangazy Sagyrbayuly, comprises 85 musicians who play a variety of ...
Jul 7, 2021 · Q-pop portrays Kazakh linguistic and cultural identity as a point of pride, and thus serves as a means to promote Kazakh patriotism. At the same time, Q-pop has steadily been gaining international ...
