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National Dombra Day 2019 celebration in Astana
  • Manage No PI00006635
    Country Kazakhstan
    Year 2019-07-06
    ICH Domain Performing Arts, Social practices, rituals, festive events, Traditional craft skills
Description Kazakhstan artist Nurlybek Tolegen considers the National Dombra Day to be one of the most significant people's holiday. 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. 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 nomads ancienty and remains up to present days. Interest in dombra, as well as its popularity, is not fading away. Today, an increasing number of young people masterfully own this instrument.
Photographer Baurzhan Zhuasbayev (Mr)
Place Independence Square, Nur Sultan, Kazakhstan File Size 1.08 MB
Definition 1000 x 666 File Format png
Copyright Baurzhan Zhuasbayev (Mr); Ministry of Culture and Sports of Kazakhstan Copyright

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Kazakhstan National Committee for Intangible Cultural Heritage

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