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Baksı Dance

A practice of sound and movement drawn from the Central Asian Baksı tradition.

Five stages of a figure rising from the ground, lifting the arms and turning, with a dombra and a copper bowl of water beside it. Watercolour atlas plate.
Plate V · Baksı Dance

Baksı Dance follows a sequence of movements accompanied by dombra, kıl kopuz, şangobız and the sound of water. Connecting with the ground at the beginning and end is its central moment.

The sequence unfolds in stages: ground, arms, shoulders, head and return. Movement rises from the ground to the head, then retraces its path down to the ground.

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Accompaniment
Dombra, kıl kopuz, şangobız, sound of water
Stages
Ground, arms, shoulders, head, return
Where to learn
Seminar A, day 3 →

Source note

In Kazakh and Kyrgyz tradition, Baksı refers to a poet and traditional ritual practitioner who leads ceremonies with the kopuz and dombra. Over time, the tradition became intertwined with Islam.

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