Manas from heaven.(Kyrgyzstan and the epic poem 'Manas')(Cross Current)

From: History Today | Date: August 1, 1995| Author: Pearce, Nigel | Copyright information

The millennium of the epic poem 'Manas' is being celebrated in Kyrgyzstan in 1995, and the United Nations has widened the festivities with its own declaration of celebration. The poem, named for Kyrgyzstan's national hero of the same name, can take up to three weeks to recite.

A national week-long festival at the end of August will be the highlight of a year of aspirations for the people of Kyrgyzstan. The United Nations has designated 1995 as 'the year of the celebration of the m...

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