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The audio heritage of Kazakhstan, arranged two ways: first by form — what kind of work this is — then by genre.

By form

Poetry
Recorded verse — өлең, terme, tolgau. The Kazakh tradition of sung poetry, preserved on Sazalem.
Folklore & fairy tales
Ертегі — narratives passed down by oral tradition, recorded so the form survives the medium.
Küy — instrumental compositions
Күй: short tonal poems for dombyra, qobyz, sybyzğı and other Kazakh instruments. Each küy a story without words.
Audiobooks
Long-form readings — literature, history, biography from the Kazakh canon.
Spoken word
Recorded speech: orations, lectures, recitations from the audio heritage of Kazakhstan.

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