Doolot Sydykov

Doolot Sydykov (born 1983), is a manaschi (a reciter of the Kyrgyz epic of Epic of Manas).

In November 2020, he recited the epic continuously in Ala-Too Square in Bishkek for a record 14 hours and 27 minutes.[1] In September 2021, he recited the epic for 111 hours over a five day period in Moscow.[2]

His earlier attempts to promote the epic included touring across Kyrgyzstan in 2012 performing with Talantaaly Bakchiev,[3] making audiovisual recordings of his performances depicting the funeral feast for Kokotoi Khan[4] and episodes from Semetey,[5] and performing with Solenye Oreshki, a jazz band.[6]

While popularising the epic, he has also spoken out against the commercialization of the epic (such as branding alcohol with the names of the epic's heroes).[7]

Transcriptions of three audiovisual recordings,[8] made at the American University of Central Asia, narrating the birth of the titular character, Manas, available online,[9] have been studied to reveal his in-performance composition methods.[10]

In 2022, he left Kyrgyzstan owing to a political dispute regarding the Manas Ayyly (Museum).[11]

References
  1. "New record: Manaschi recited epic continuously for 14 hours 27 minutes". 24.kg. 13 November 2020.
  2. Калыков, Мундузбек (6 September 2021). "Манасчы Доолот Сыдыков установил рекорд — он читал эпос "Манас" пять суток". kloop.kg (in Russian).
  3. van der Heide, Nienke (2015). Spirited performance: the Manas epic and society in Kyrgyzstan. Bremen: EHV Academicpress. p. 169.
  4. Wintermann, Jutta (2020). Die Figur des Almambet im kirgisischen Manas-Epos : eine historisch-kritische Studie. Wiesbaden. p. 289. ISBN 978-3-447-11400-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. "List of Semetei Episodes and Chanters". Aigine Cultural Research Center.
  6. Plumtree, James (2021). "A Telling Tradition: Preliminary Comments on the Epic of Manas, 1856–2018". In Thomson, S. C. (ed.). Medieval Stories and Storytelling: Multimedia and Multi-Temporal Perspectives. Turnhout: Brepols. p. 241.
  7. Bruley, Julien (2019). L'épopée de Manas: étude historique, patrimoniale et ethnographique (PhD). Université de Lille. pp. 280–281.
  8. "American University of Central Asia - AUCA - Doolot Sydykov". auca.kg.
  9. "Episodes from the 'Manas' Epos". OSA Archivum.
  10. Plumtree, James; Jeenbekova, Alymkan (January 2020). "Replicating the Birth of Manas: Composition Methods of Doolot Sydykov and Talantaaly Bakchiev". Известия Национальной академии наук Кыргызской Республики (3): 175–187.
  11. Алмас, Мирайым (5 May 2022). "Манасчы Доолот Сыдыков вместе с семьей покинул страну после споров о «Манас айылы»". KLOOP.KG - Новости Кыргызстана (in Russian).
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