Brief Encyclopedia Signs and symbols of Kazakh culture

Sybyzgy

Structurally, sybyzğy is a 50–70 cm long reed tube with 3–5 play holes. Much later, sybyzğy began to be made of wood and metal, more precisely copper. But whatever material was used, it was necessarily covered with thin lamb or goat intestines (önesh) to prevent the escape of air. The simplicity of the construction is compensated by the complicated technique of performance, which uses elements of throat singing. It is performed on: 1) kui associated with the images of totem animals or sacred animals and birds, where sound and images play a major role; 2) kuy whose legends speak of a direct magical

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ШайгОзова Ж.Н., Наурзбаева А. Б.

Краткая энциклопедия знаков и символов казахской культуры.

Алматы: КазНИИК, 2023.