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An epic tale worth telling

By Xu Haoyu | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2022-07-04 08:05
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The cover of Elzati's illustrated book about the hero's first battle. CHINA DAILY

The Epic of Manas is folk literature with significant art value. It combines the acts of speaking, reciting and singing to express historical events. The harmonious lines make it easy to sing and the epic can be sung in pitches of more than 20. It has also been translated into several languages.

In October 2009, the Epic of Manas was included in the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Abdubek Oscan, 45, from Akqi county in Kizilsu Kirgiz autonomous prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, is a manaschi successor. He has been learning to sing the epic since he was 9 and can now croon about the legend for over six hours. He maintains his first handwritten copy of the epic.

Abdubek still remembers the first time he entered an Epic of Manas singing competition while at junior high school in Akqi. "My classmate and I were the only kids among 36-odd participants. I was very nervous, but then I remembered what Manas had achieved by being brave. Guess what, I ended up winning first prize," he recalls.

In 2015, he took part in another competition in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang, which was jointly organized by China and the Kyrgyz Republic. He won first prize, again.

Currently, there are more than 100 people learning to sing the epic in Akqi county, and he has coached around 20 since 2007, including his three children.

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