Kazakhstan marks the first Sunday of July with the National Day of Dombyra. Events and challenges dedicated to this holiday have already started all over the country. One of them is a large-scale parade of dombyra players organized in the capital, where 40 young musicians jointly performed such popular kui songs as ‘Yerke sylkym’ and ‘Kimeshek’.
“Kazakh people and dombyra are inseparable concepts. The Kazakh people even have a proverb ‘A real Kazakh is not a Kazakh, a real Kazakh is a dombyra.’ In honor of the holiday, today we organized the challenge among young musicians, aiming to promote national values among the younger generation,” said Yerzhan Yersaiynuly, Chief Expert, ‘Kogamdyk Kelisim’ Municipal State Institution.
Translation by Saniya Sakenova
Editing by Saule Mukhamejanova
