Hasimuhan Watehan
Lineage & School of Heritage
Born into a family of akyns, he learned folk long poems and the art of dombra playing from his father from an early age.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Kazakh ethnicity, born in June 1945 in Xinyuan County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. In more than fifty years of artistic practice he has become thoroughly proficient in the dombra playing, vocal singing and improvised versifying that aitys requires, as well as in its dialogue patterns, and his improvisation and duet skills are consummate; he has trained a group of successors, several of whom are young akyns already known in the locality; and he has actively carried out the collection, collation and study of materials and the writing of poetry, publishing several collections of poems.
Honors & Recognition
He is a national representative bearer of Kazakh aitys, a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Kazakh Aitys Ⅴ-45
- Kazakh Aitys Ⅴ-45
Profile
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