Materials
epic
ICH Materials 235
Photos
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Old man telling _Seytek_ Epic
Kyrgyzstan
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Performing small epics
Kyrgyzstan
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Book _Er Toshtyuk_, small epic
Kyrgyzstan
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Tokmo-akyns performing _Aitysh_
Kyrgyzstan
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Man and woman performing a song during the celebration
Kyrgyzstan
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Small manaschy -Manas Epic teller
Kyrgyzstan
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Scene from the film made by the small epic _Kojojash_
Kyrgyzstan
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Tokmo-akyns performing _Aitysh_
Kyrgyzstan
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Women performing a song
Kyrgyzstan
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Aitysh
Aytysh is a musical and poetic competition of two akyns in the art of improvisation or verbiage. Aytysh is performed to the accompaniment of komuz. In aytysh, the intonation and improvisational tradition of performing arts is especially manifested. The competition takes place in the form of a dialogue with sparkling versification, composed and improvised during the competition on various topical topics. The themes of aytysh are multifaceted, deep reflections are expressed in them, in which sparkling humor is interspersed with philosophical generalizations.
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Mongolian epic
The Mongol Tuuli is oral tradition that recounts heroic Epics from Mongolian history. It contains hundreds of thousands of lines. These Epics are performed by a Tuulich (minstrel) who is gifted in reciting arts and can accompany themselves with tuneful melody. Epics are learned by rote.
Mongolia -
Manaschy and listeners
Kyrgyzstan