DOMBRA, KOBYZ, SYBYZGY – OUR HERITAGE IS AS RICH AS THE SEA

In this article, it is said that the Kazakhs are the heirs of the wonderful culture of the nomads of the Great Steppe for thousands of years, and they continue to carry the foundations of this great culture to this day. Until now, in scientific terms, Kazakh traditional music and musical instruments have not been listed as a single cultural and spiritual phenomenon. As a result, it is reported that Kazakh music has been studied only as cultural and spiritual evidence in the context of Kazakh history as a whole. The musical instrument is the main factor in the full understanding of musical terminology and music, its only document and material trace. It is very valuable because it reflects the past history, culture, and centuries-old musical traditions of the people. Russian and European ethnographers have left a lot of information about Kazakh folk music, musical instruments, and singing KUIS in the press, which appeared before the Great October Revolution. All of them unanimously say that the Kazakh people have a rich song, content, depth and variety of genres, that there are many talented performers, folk composers from the people, and that the KUIS played on instruments such as dombra, kobyz, sybyzgy, albeit handmade, are built on a programmatic, big event.