Differences between the Karakalpak baqsi and jiraw traditions

Gulayim Begim qizi Oteshova

doi:10.66900/trk00m12

Philology · 2026/1

Differences between the Karakalpak baqsi and jiraw traditions

Gulayim Begim qizi Oteshova ORCID 0009-0009-4551-325X Nukus branch of the Uzbek State Institute of Arts and Culture

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.66900/trk00m12

Keywords

baqsı, jıraw, duwtar, qobız, dastan, terme, tolǵaw

Abstract

The article describes the differences between two groups of performers in Karakalpak folk art, the baqsı and the jıraw. It compares the dastans (oral epics) they perform, the musical instruments they play, the structure of their songs and their performance schools, and outlines what the two traditions have in common.

References

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2. Qalmenov B. Milliy qosıqshılıq, baqsı-jıraw tiykarları páninen lekciyalar toplamı [Collection of lectures on national song art and the foundations of baqsı-jıraw art], 4th year. – Nukus: Ajiniyaz Nukus State Pedagogical Institute, 2012. (In Karakalpak).