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A Dauylpaz (
The dauylpaz is an ancient, cauldron-shaped musical instrument. One end of the drum is an open space with taunt leather stretched across the larger, bowl shaped base. The instrument is played with a stick or mallet, and is worn on a belt.
A nomadic people for much of their history, the Turkic Kazakh people occasionally fought among each other or against neighboring peoples. To communicate in battle, a multitude of signals were used, including drums. Drums also had an important role in Kazakh society, where they were used to signal an upcoming hunt, when the tribe was prepared to migrate, and in religious ceremonies. Overseen by shamans, such Kazakh religious ceremonies were held in order to celebrate births, deaths, marriages, and other events; dances and music made from a number of stringed or percussion instruments accompanied the rituals themselves. Certain instruments were used in certain rituals, with dauylpaz being used in rituals related to war or hunting. Notably, dauylpaz were used in a ritual dance (described as the "Kusbegi-dauylpaz", or "warrior-hunting bird") that entailed a warrior dancing with a hunting bird, as Kazakh hunters practiced
Kazakh
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* Someone or something related to Kazakhstan
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: дауылпаз) is a percussion signal instrument used by the Kazakhs
The Kazakhs (also spelled Qazaqs; Kazakh: , , , , , ; the English name is transliterated from Russian; russian: казахи) are a Turkic-speaking ethnic group native to northern parts of Central Asia, chiefly Kazakhstan, but also parts o ...
. The drum-like instrument was originally used to convey signals during battle, and later became commonplace in Kazakh culture
Kazakhstan has a well-articulated culture based on the nomadic pastoral economy of the inhabitants. Islam was introduced to Kazakhstan in the 7th to 12th centuries. Besides lamb, many other traditional foods retain symbolic value. Kazakh culture is ...
. The instrument fell out of widespread use in the 20th century.
Description
The dauylpaz is an ancient, cauldron-shaped musical instrument. One end of the drum is an open space with taunt leather stretched across the larger, bowl shaped base. The instrument is played with a stick or mallet, and is worn on a belt.
A nomadic people for much of their history, the Turkic Kazakh people occasionally fought among each other or against neighboring peoples. To communicate in battle, a multitude of signals were used, including drums. Drums also had an important role in Kazakh society, where they were used to signal an upcoming hunt, when the tribe was prepared to migrate, and in religious ceremonies. Overseen by shamans, such Kazakh religious ceremonies were held in order to celebrate births, deaths, marriages, and other events; dances and music made from a number of stringed or percussion instruments accompanied the rituals themselves. Certain instruments were used in certain rituals, with dauylpaz being used in rituals related to war or hunting. Notably, dauylpaz were used in a ritual dance (described as the "Kusbegi-dauylpaz", or "warrior-hunting bird") that entailed a warrior dancing with a hunting bird, as Kazakh hunters practiced falconry
Falconry is the hunting of wild animals in their natural state and habitat by means of a trained bird of prey. Small animals are hunted; squirrels and rabbits often fall prey to these birds. Two traditional terms are used to describe a person ...
with eagles
Eagle is the common name for many large birds of prey of the family Accipitridae. Eagles belong to several groups of genera, some of which are closely related. Most of the 68 species of eagle are from Eurasia and Africa. Outside this area, just ...
to hunt prey on the flat steppes of Central Asia.
The Kazakh-Dzungar Wars (fought between 1643 and 1756) devastated several of the Central Asian peoples, including the Kazakhs. In the aftermath of the conflict, the expansion of the Russian Empire and Qing dynasty resulted in the decline of the Kazakh way of life, including the people's musical tradition. By the 20th century, the dauylpaz was reported to no longer be widely used by the Kazakh. Some orchestras use the instrument.
in 2008 the government of Kazakhstan released a stamp depicting a dauylpaz.
References
{{reflist Kazakhstani culture Asian percussion instruments