Millennium "Manas" reinterpreted "flying into the homes of ordinary people"

　(New Trends in China) Millennium "Manas" reinterpreted "flying into the homes of ordinary people"

　　China News Agency, Artush, Xinjiang, December 28th, title: The Millennium "Manas" has a new interpretation of "flying into the homes of ordinary people"

　　Author Gou Jipeng

　　In the rehearsal hall of the Kezhou Song and Dance Troupe in Artush City, southwest Xinjiang, the drums are clanging, the Kumzi (Kirgiz stringed instrument) is melodious, and the "post-95" Kirgiz boy Bahitibek Aikebai is stepping on a horseshoe The dance steps are on the stage... He played the hero Manas in the musical "Manas".

　　The song and dance drama "Manas" is an innovative song and dance drama jointly created by Kezhou, Xinjiang, and Jiangsu, a province and city that aids Xinjiang.

In an interview with a reporter from China News Agency, Bahetibek Akbai said: "My father also played Manas. Influenced by him, I have liked this heroic epic since I was a child. I hope to do my best to make the singing and dancing If the drama "Manas" is performed well, more people will understand and love "Manas".

　　Recently, a reporter from China News Agency visited the Kezhou Song and Dance Troupe in Artush, the capital of Kezhou.

In the rehearsal hall, Bahtibek Akbai was discussing with his partner Tursun Ayi Salamati how to revive the musical "Manas".

According to the plan, the play will go to Beijing to perform in March 2023.

　　"Manas" is one of the three heroic epics in China, and has been included in China's national intangible cultural heritage list and UNESCO's "Human Intangible Cultural Heritage Representative List".

The original "Manas" was a hero thousands of years ago. He and his seven generations of descendants led the Kirgiz people to many battles, resisted foreign invaders, and led the people to pursue a free and happy life.

Therefore, the Kirgiz people took him as the theme and created this shocking great heroic epic "Manas" on the basis of ancient myths, legends, songs and proverbs and other folk literature.

The traditional "Manas" is passed on orally, and those who sing it are called "Manaski".

　　In recent years, Xinjiang has accelerated the creative transformation and innovative development of excellent traditional culture. Dance dramas, operas, and song and dance dramas adapted from the libretto of "Manas" have been performed to the outside world. common people's home".

The latest revival of the musical "Manas" is co-starred by the cast and crew of the Kezhou Song and Dance Troupe and "Manaski".

　　"Post-85" Tursun Ayi Saramati played the wife of Manas in the above musical.

"I played Kanikai, the wife of the hero Manas. She is a beautiful and brave woman. In the epic, she is a representative of the Kirgiz women who are patriotic and guarding the border. I hope to play the heroic epic "Manas" well. spread across the country and around the world.”

　　Maimaiti Turgan Aishek, who grew up listening to "Manas", is a "Manaschi" and a composer of the Kezhou Song and Dance Troupe. He not only participated in the musical "Manas" Adams" and participated in the composition of its background music.

"Nowadays, "Manas" is performed on more and more stages. In order to improve the performance, we incorporate some modern music elements into the tune of "Manas" to make it richer and more infectious," he said.

　　""Manas" has been sung orally for many years. On this basis, we have creatively transformed and developed innovatively, and created an original musical "Manas" with both singing and dancing and narrative narrative, and it will be successful in Nanjing, Jiangsu in 2020. The premiere." Buwaigal Hooksey, director of the Kezhou Song and Dance Troupe, said that the interpretation of "Manas" in the form of a song and dance drama is coherent and agile, and it is easier to be accepted by the audience and more disseminated.

　　According to the Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy Director of the Kezhou Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau, Dili Xiati Teraixi, in recent years, Kezhou has insisted on the protection and development of intangible cultural heritage, as well as inheritance and innovation. Strengthen the protection of various traditional cultures of ethnic minorities in the country.

The 8th "Manas International Cultural Tourism Festival" has been held in a row, the "Manas" concert (competition) has been held regularly, the representative translation of "Manas" has been translated and published, and the "Manas" domestic and international forums have been held. , and use modern art forms such as exhibitions, paintings, musicals, etc. to make "Manas" known to more people.

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