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The National Dombra Day celebration had been widely spread in the country. A lot of individual artists and dombra professional and folk orchestra conducted the concert performance at central popular public places in Almaty and Nur Sultan. Thousands of dombra players played dombra kuy at the opening of concert in Nur Sultan, the capital. The Dombra is a musical two-stringed instrument, which occupies a special place in Kazakhs’ hearts. The National Dombyra Day has been included in the list of national holidays since 2018 by the decree of the President of Kazakhstan. This was done in in order to further consolidate society around the idea of preserving and reviving national culture and identity. The holiday is celebrated annually on the first Sunday of July. Kazakhstan’s First President Nursultan Nazarbayev established National Dombra Day on June 12th, 2018. It immediately became a favorite holiday for people and was widely celebrated nationwide with music competitions and festivals.

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Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev, President of Kazakhstan, with the participants to the National Dombra Day Presentation in Astana, Kazakhstan. The National Dombra Day celebration had been widely spread in the country. A lot of individual artists and dombra professional and folk orchestra conducted the concert performance at central popular public places in Almaty and Nur Sultan.

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First celebration of the National Dombra Day had been widely spread in the country. A lot of individual artists and dombra professional and folk orchestra conducted the concert performance at Arbat avenue, popular public place in Almaty. The Dombra is a musical two-stringed instrument, which occupies a special place in Kazakhs’ hearts. The National Dombyra Day has been included in the list of national holidays since 2018 by the decree of the President of Kazakhstan. This was done in in order to further consolidate society around the idea of preserving and reviving national culture and identity. The holiday is celebrated annually on the first Sunday of July. Kazakhstan’s First President Nursultan Nazarbayev established National Dombra Day on June 12th, 2018. It immediately became a favorite holiday for people and was widely celebrated nationwide with music competitions and festivals. Dombra belongs to the main symbols of the Kazakh musical heritage and culture. This tool invariably unites people of different professions, religions and nationalities in Kazakhstan. You can meet dombra today in almost every home. None of events in the life of the people could happen without this national musical instrument. Respect for dombra is passed down from generation to generation. So it was in the days of nomads and remains to this day. Interest in dombra, as well as its popularity, is not fading away. Today, an increasing number of young people masterfully own this instrument.

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The National Dombra Day celebration had been widely spread in the country. A lot of individual artists and dombra professional and folk orchestra conducted the concert performance at central popular public places in Almaty and Nur Sultan. Mrs Aktoty Raimkulova, Minister of Culture and Sports of Kazakhstan, also known as talented composer and musician, played dombra kuy at the opening of concert in Nur Sultan, the capital.