
Konya Mystic Music Festival 8th Edition / 8. Festival, Sept 22-30 Eylül, 2011 Sept 28th / 28 Eylül - Kırgızistan / Kyrgyzstan Tengir Too Kırgız Mistik Müziği / Kyrgyz Spiritual Music Spiritual Music of Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyz music is rooted in the sensibility of nomads who inhabit a spectacular landscape of mountains, lakes, and pristine grasslands, where the elemental energies of wind, water, and echo, the ubiquity of birds and animals, and the legendary feats of heroes have inspired a remarkable art and technology of sound-making. Kyrgyz musicians venerate sites of spiritual power, called mazars, marked by distinctive natural phenomena: a spring or cave, a unique geological formation, or a botanical oddity, such as a grove of trees amid a landscape of barren steppe. These sites often correspond to the burial place of a saint, thus physically linking veneration of saints with offerings to spirits. An important genre within Kyrygyz Music is the epic storytelling. Recitation of epics, especially the Manas, an epic of almost 500000 lines, narrating the life and adventures of the national hero Manas is a very common traditional performance. The spiritual power of "mazars" has served as a vital locus of inspiration for the Manas reciters. Through visits to mazars, they seek contact with the spirit of the hero. Instrumental genres also play a large role in Kyrgyz music. At the heart of these genres is the music known in Kyrgyz language, as küü. Whatever their subject, küüs rely on <b>...</b>
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