Aktobe Performers Attempt World Record with Round-the-Clock Epic Recital

The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – In Aktobe, traditional zhyrshy (epic storytellers) have begun performing folk epics around the clock in an effort to secure a place in the Global Book of Records GBR. The performances are taking place at the Aktobe Folk Art Center, where zhyrshy and dastan performers (narrators of traditional epic tales) present a structured, multi-part… The post Aktobe Performers Attempt World Record with Round-the-...

By Fatima Kemelova