The song “Kongyr Boga”: Its historical roots and poetics in the context of the Turkic peoples’ culture

Abstract

The object of this study is the dastan “Kongyr Boga” and the Bashkir folk song of the same name. The subject of the study is the history of their creation, their ideological, aesthetic, genre originality and the connection of these works with the cultural heritage of the Turkic peoples. This source from N. Isanbet’s archive has been introduced into scientific circulation for the first time. This is the novelty of the work. The dastan and the Bashkir song “Kongyr Boga” are studied in the context of the relationship of song, music and oral folk art of the Turkic peoples. The study proves that the origin of these sources is based on the ancient people’s ideas about the world and the surrounding phenomena, on mythology, legends and epics. N. Isanbet highlights both to the depth of the semantics and the emotional power inherent in the song “Kongyr Boga”, and the dialectical relationship of its content and form, the features of the song performance. The article reveals the national peculiarities of the ways these texts sound and focuses on the nobility of the people’s patriotic feelings, which found their embodiment in these ancient works of folklore.