Sazalem

Audio heritage of Kazakhstan

Songs, poetry, küy, folklore — the living archive of Kazakh sound.

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What's in the collection

Recorded forms of the Kazakh tradition, gathered into one archive: classical and contemporary, oral and composed, instrumental and spoken.

Over 35,000 recordings
Eight named forms of audio heritage
Available in Kazakh, Russian, and English
Archive of Kazakh sound
Rare and historical recordings
Айтыс, күй, қобыз
Free to listen on the web
Native names and transliterations

The full breadth of Kazakh recorded sound

From classical küy and aitys to contemporary recordings — the named forms of Kazakh audio heritage, gathered and freely listenable.

  • Instrumental compositions (күй)
  • Terme (терме)
  • Tolgau (толғау)
  • Kuy (күй)
  • Aitys (айтыс) & more

Дудар-ай

Абай Кунанбайулы

Халық әні

Сарыарқа

Дина Нүрпейісова

Күй

Той бастар

Біржан сал

Жыр

Қараторғай

Ақан сері

Халық әні
Mission

To gather, attribute, and preserve the audio heritage of Kazakhstan.

A living archive that lets recorded forms — songs, sung poetry, kuy, fairy tales, audiobooks — be heard, read, cited, and inherited. Open to anyone who wants to listen; open to any person who wants to contribute their own work.

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How it grows:
Any person can become an artist and place their own work into the collection — privately, by link, or publicly to the world.
Curated by form (ән · өлең · ертегі · күй · аудиокітап · әңгіме), by genre, by artist.
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