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Kozy Korpesh and Bayan Sulu

Two young people betrothed before birth, searching for one another against everything the steppe decrees. The best-known love epic of the Kazakh tradition.

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Written text

Two young people betrothed before birth, searching for one another against everything the steppe decrees. The best-known love epic of the Kazakh tradition.

Listen to this story

The same story in different voices. Each recording is one telling, by one person, in one city.

A Turkish Sign Language telling of this story is in preparation.