DOMBYRA IS A PRECIOUS TREASURE OF KAZAKHSTAN
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The dombra is the most popular two-stringed, multi-key musical instrument of the Kazakh people. It is an instrument with its own musical character, which plays an important role in the life of the Kazakhs. The dombra, which was first used in the epic tradition to accompany songs, reflections, and baths, later contributed to the formation of the genre of instrumental music.
Today, the dombra is a versatile musical instrument used to accompany individual songs, to play the kiui, in folk music, to perform classical compositions. The dombra is a Kazakh folk instrument. The dombra is a necessary and necessary instrument in every home of the Kazakh people.
The history of this musical instrument goes back centuries. Archaeologists have unearthed terracotta images of musicians playing double-edged instruments in excavations in the ancient city of Khorezm. Scholars have noted that this was a musical instrument of the nomadic Saka tribes, who lived two thousand years ago.
These ancient two-stringed instruments have many similarities with the Kazakh dombra and are its prototype. Thus, archeology revealed that the dombra appeared in ancient times. There are two types of dombra: western and eastern. It is distinguished by two types of performance traditions. It is the only dombra that reflects the Kazakhness of the Kazakh people.