Poems

Description

This exhibit presents a lament (zhoktau) composed and performed by the mother of the outstanding Kazakh composer Mukan Tulebayev following the death of her son. The work expresses a mother’s profound grief, sense of loss, and enduring love for her child. The material holds memorial and historical-cultural significance due to its connection with the life and legacy of Mukan Tulebayev. The exhibit serves as an important testimony to the composer’s family history and represents the traditional Kazakh oral genre of lamentation, which occupies a special place in the nation’s cultural heritage.