Kyrgyz Folklore.

From ancient times the Kyrgyz people kept the old traditions in ballad telling and music.

You can hardly find a Kyrgyz who cannot play a national musical instrument -the Komuz, 

the kyak or the choor.You can hardly meet a Kyrgyz who doesn't know songs, legends and fairy-tales.

The folklore passed from ayil to ayil , from boz uy to boz uy. Story - tellers are respected 

and called as "nightingales".

The welcomed guest in every home is a jomokchu, a fairy tale -teller. All the Kyrgyz fairy-tales 

are about people.

The fairy tales about people describe rich and silly khans, brave hunters, poor peasants and

shepherds.At the end of every fairy-tale the poor and clever people win the victory.

The women in Kyrgyz fairy-tales are beautiful and brave they give their people good advice 

and even rule them. Aldarkose is another character.He is wise and practical.He often teaches 

bais and khans a lesson.The Kazakh , Karakalpak and Turkmen also have stories about 

Aldarkose.He is loved by common people of many Turkic nationalities.

   What does the word" kyak" mean ?

    Are story-tellers respected or not ?

A person who tells fairy-tales is called..............

      What does the author mean by calling people " nightingales" ,

     Aldarkose is a ...............  

   What do Kyrgyz fairy -tales give to people ?

  What is the name of the story, which is loved by many nationalities of Central Asia ?

     What are women like in Kyrgyz fairy tales ?

Boz uy is a.............