Tawalidi Kelimu
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
A singer of the Kirgiz yuelong songs. At the age of thirteen he studied yuelong songs under Maimaitijiang Moleduo, a famous local yuelongchi (yuelong singer), and from 1959 he began singing yuelong songs at weddings and public gatherings.
Honors & Recognition
Male, Kirgiz, born in October 1932, died in July 2016, a native of Wuqia County, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. A national representative bearer of the Kirgiz yuelong, a third-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. In the 1980s, enjoying considerable local prestige on account of his artistic ability, he taught disciples by oral transmission and memorisation, and by 2012 had trained more than sixty successors. He sang yuelong songs many times at cultural events of various kinds held by the county, the autonomous prefecture and the autonomous region, and received a variety of awards.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Keerkeziyuelong Ⅰ-83
- Keerkeziyuelong Ⅰ-83
Profile
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