User:Aida Zhuasbekova/Kazakh folk poetry

Oral-poetic tradition known among the Turkic tribes in the 6th-8th centuries: its elements are included in the Orkhon monuments. The art of speech occupied an honorable place in the life of nomadic pastoralists. Nameless poets created national poetry, which is closely related to ritual folklore. Songs are divided into the following genres: Toi Bastar (song intended for the wedding), Seung-soo (song of bride when leaving her native village), jar-jar (wedding song — contest between the horsemen and girls), bet-Ashar (song-the instruction), and got estartu (lament for the dead), Ostas (farewell to friends).

Epic poems tell about the exploits of the batyrs who defended their relatives from foreign raids: "Alpamys", "Er-Targyn", "Er-Kokshe", " Koblandy».

Works of folk poetry passed from generation to generation singers-improvisers Zhyrau, singers, songwriters zhyrshy, singers olenshy and akyns