SARA TASTANBEKKYZY

SARA TASTANBEKKYZY (1853-1907) – an akyn-improvisator.
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She was born in Almaty oblast. She is from the Naiman tribe. She is known for many poems, songs like ?Zhurek? (?Heart?), ?Ashyndym? and many others. There is told about a wish of a man to be free in poem ?Zhurek? (?Heart?), about a plight of a woman, cruelty and injustice ? in tolgau ?Ashyndym?. In 1993 book ?Akyn Sara? of T.Kalilakhanov was published. Monuments to Sara Tastenbekkyzy were erected in the Aksu district of Almaty oblast and in Taldykorgan. Reference: Kazakhstan, National encyclopedia, vol.4 ?Historical figures? book
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