Objects of the Kirghiz Folklore. Kirghis Epic on the Heroes Ir-Nazar and Beket

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Author(s)

en Anichkov, Ivan

Аничков, Иван Васильевич

Title

Objects of the Kirghiz Folklore. Kirghis Epic on the Heroes Ir-Nazar and Beket

Alternative Title

Памятники киргизского народного творчества. Киргизская былина о героях Ир-Назаре и Бикете

Publication Type

Journal Article

Language

rus

Number of Pages

16

Location

Kazakhstan

Russia

Keywords

oral tradition

performing arts: others

oral expression (epic)

Relevance to ICH Safeguarding

documentation

transmission

promotion

ICH Genre

oral tradition

performing arts: others

ICH transmission

Description

This is the written version of the Kyrgyz epic "On the heroes Irnazar and Beket" made by the Russian ethnographer and local historian Ivan Vasilyevich Anichkov. It was published at Kazan University The epic "Beket Batyr" is the only known folk poem describing the course of the revolt uprising of 1855-1857. The uprising itself was suppressed, and Beket Serkebayev, its leader, along with other rebels, was exiled to Siberia in 1857. In the epic, a special place is given to Beket batyr's farewell to his mother before being sent into exile. The researchers note that the uprising itself was local, anti-colonial, but at the same time, it failed to involve the broad masses of the population.
The epic is widespread in the Aktobe, Aral and Kazalinsk regions, as well as among the Karakalpak people (Uzbekistan).
To date, scholars know seven versions of the epic. Two of them were published before the October Revolution of 1917: "On the Heroes Irnazar and Beke" in 1896 (68 lines) and the work of the famous linguist and turkologist Abubakir Divaev "Beket Batyr" (about 600 lines), written a year later also in Kazan.

Book/Journal Title

Казань: Типо-литография Императорского Казанского Университета

Publisher

Kazan Emperor's University

Place of Publication

Kazan, Russia

Date of Publication

1896

Pages

1-16

Usage

copyright cleared

Academic Field

Anthropology

Folklore

Community/Ethnic Group

Aktobe, Aral and Kazalinsk regions of Kazakhstan

Karakalpak people (Uzbekistan)

Contributor

Kazakhstan National Committee for Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage

Active Contribution

Kazakhstan, FY 2024