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Korkyt is a legendary Turkic poet-songwriter and composer of the IX century, a native of the steppes along the Syr Darya river. Creator of kobyz, akyn, storyteller, patron of poets and musicians. Legends about Korkyt are found among the Turkic peoples of Kipchak (Kazakhs, Karakalpaks) and especially the southern Oguz branch: Turkmens, Azerbaijanis and Turks. They all have almost a common folk epic "Oguz-name".

Book
"Korkyt ATA kitaby" ("the Book of grandfather Korkyt") is a written epic monument of the Turkic peoples. Each legend has its own story and in each of them the main character is represented Korkyt-ATA — sage, leader of the tribe, predictor of fate.

Legend about Korkyt
According to legend, Korkyt's mother carried him in the womb for three years. Once a year she shrinks. Before the birth of Korkyt it was dark in the sky of the whole world for three days and three nights. A fierce storm made the nation feel fear. In this regard, the child's name - "Korkyt", which means " to scare". K. Konirbaev, expresses that "Korkyt" - "the man who is the Savior, a person who brings salvation", P. Kaskabasov believes that "life is running out and death comes." E. Tursunov, based on the folklore of the Turkic peoples, explains the words "Dada, Dede" as "propaganda Zhyrau". Girmonsky believes Korkyt is magic weapon - master of the kobyz, a shaman, a protector. The monument to Korkyt-ATA - historic monument - "the Book of Korkyt-ATA" ("Kitabi-i-Korkud"). There Korkyt ATA is depicted as Zhyrau, a wise man, a genius, a leader, a shaman, a cheerful person. He says: "In life there is death, there is no change, there is no immortality, there is no iron, no one dies, he changes and forgets, only eternal and immortal things are the result of good work done in human life." The legends of Korkyt-ATA are reflected in the views of the Turkic peoples about life and death. According to legend, Korkyt ATA fell asleep and heard the message: "If you do not remember about death, you will live forever." After a while, he was unable to reach one path and said, "Even if I die, I will come!"He regrets it and says, 'You think of death and now you will die.' In the legend, Korkyt ATA is depicted as a fighter, a lifelong fighter looking for a place where his people would live happily. Korkyt ATA, who glorified people with his Psalms and words that lost consciousness at the end of his life, crosses four corners of the world in search of eternal life. But wherever he goes, he meets people who dig the grave ,asking the question "whose grave is this?", He always heard the answer "it is a grave of Korkyt". That's how "Where you do not go or look everywhere grave Korkyt!"Finally, when you find the land, you hear that you are alive and returning home to Syrdarya. Then, thinking that eternal life is just an art, he invented the kobyz tool. According to another legend, when he makes a carpet in the middle of the river and begins to play the kobyz, it does not sink into the water. The Korkyt ATA says that while playing kobyz  there was not mortal, was only happy creatures. But Korkyt ATA was tired and when he fell asleep, a small snake broke out of the water and bit him with his poison. In this legend, death does not warn about his arrival, all this draws on the snake. It is the philosopher's view of death that people do not die with a warning. we see the basis of the conclusion. The great philosophical problem found in the legends of Korkyt-ATA is the problem of time and space.

"The legend of Korkyt is deeply optimistic, it's meaning lies in the fact that Korkyt found immortality in the service to humanity by the art he created" (Valikhanov CH. CH. Collected works. — Alma-ATA, 1961, vol. I).

The architectural monument in the form of kobyz in honor of Korkyt-ATA was built in 1980 in Karmakchinsky district of Kyzylorda region of Kazakhstan. Authors: architect B. Ibrayev, and physicist S. issatayev acoustic. When the wind blows, it begins to sound noticeably and all passing can hear the melody of the wind. The monument is also visible from the Windows of trains passing immediately from Moscow to Tashkent and Alma-ATA.

The burial place of the Korkyt on the banks of the Syrdarya river approximately in X—XI centuries the mausoleum was erected "Korkyt-Tube," which in the vernacular means — the Singing pipe. Over the centuries it came to destruction. In 1997, the restoration of the monument of Korkyt was carried out. A whole architectural ensemble was created — a complex with an amphitheater, a hotel and other objects. And in 2000, when it was a Museum.

In 2001, the Korkyt Public Foundation was established in Kazakhstan to disseminate knowledge in society about the impact of the culture of nomadic Turkics on the world musical culture.

Since 2006, the Ministry of culture of the Republic of Kazakhstan and akimat of Kyzylorda held an international festival "Korkyt and music of the great Steppe".

At the 13th session of UNESCO November 26 - December 1, 2018 in the city of Port-Louis (Republic of Mauritius) was accepted the decision on inclusion of the heritage of Korkyt ATA in the Representative list of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity.

The session is attended by representatives of 217 countries who voted unanimously.

Work on the inclusion of the heritage of Korkyt ATA in the UNESCO list in Kyzylorda region was started in 2014, a number of expert meetings on this issue were held. Thus, in 2016-2017, UNESCO and ISESCO (Islamic organization for education, science and culture) held field meetings in Kyzylorda, and in February 2017, an expert meeting was organized with the participation of representatives of Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey, as well as the International Turkic Academy, which approved an action Plan for the preparation of a multinational application for the legacy of Korkyt ATA. This is a joint work of Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Turkey, in which Kazakhstan presented the heritage of Korkyt ATA.

A memorial complex in honor of the spiritual mentor of the Turkic world Korkyt ATA was built in karmakshinsky district of Kyzylorda region in the 1980s. In 2014, on behalf of the President of RK N..Nazarbayev was produced by his reconstruction with the construction of a pilgrimage center. Every year it is visited by up to 13 thousand tourists from near and far abroad. The memorial complex is located along the international highway "Western Europe - Western China" 200 kilometers from Kyzylorda.

The Kyzylorda state University, the airport "Korkyt-ATA" in Kyzylorda, streets in the cities of Kazakhstan are named after Korkyt.