Epic art of Gorogly | Global Knowledge Systems

Overview

The epic art of Gorogly is an oral performing tradition describing the achievements of the legendary hero Gorogly and his forty cavalrymen. The epic incorporates narration, singing, composition, prose, poetry and vocal improvisation, and also functions as an oral encyclopaedia of traditional customs and knowledge (including stock breeding, traditional healing, etc.). Its transmission plays an important role in the upbringing of children by helping them to better understand their cultural identity. The tradition nurtures character, creative capacity and artistic skills, and provides bearer communities with a strong sense of social and cultural identity. The epic reflects the aspirations of the Turkmen people for a happy life, freedom and justice, and promotes values such as bravery, honesty, friendship, tolerance and fairness. Its bearers and practitioners are individual male and female...

This record is imported from the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage public dataset as discovery metadata. ARED has not independently verified community authority, access protocols or local naming beyond the source record.

Community and Authority

Communities: Turkmenistan
Languages: Not specified in UNESCO dataset
Cultural territories: Turkmenistan
Countries: Turkmenistan

How the System Works

Music, Performance and Oral Literature Language, Story and Memory Material Culture, Design and Technology Ways of Knowing and Knowledge Transmission

Sources and Evidence

Imported from UNESCO DataHub dataset ich001. Field-level provenance is retained in the record metadata.

UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage ListsDataset

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Field-Level Provenance

title: UNESCO DataHub field title_en
preferredTitle: UNESCO DataHub field title_fr
summary: UNESCO DataHub field description_en
type: UNESCO DataHub fields type_of_element_en and type_acronym
countries: UNESCO DataHub field countries, ISO codes resolved with ISO-3166 regional metadata
categories: ARED category inference from UNESCO concepts_primary_names, concepts_secondary_names and title
relationships: UNESCO concepts_primary_names, concepts_secondary_names, type fields and World Heritage links
sourceUrl: UNESCO DataHub field http_url_en
rights: UNESCO DataHub dataset metadata license and license_url

Original Source Metadata

uuidc0342f6e-6550-4c12-9322-8d8af83add63

ich_public_ref1028

inscription_year2015

title_enEpic art of Gorogly

title_frLe chant épique Görogly

type_of_element_enRepresentative List

type_acronymRL

countriesTM

http_url_enhttps://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/01028

concepts_primary_namesEpic poetry, Oral tradition, Vocal music

concepts_secondary_namesBard, Cultural events, Festivals, Improvisation, Knights, Moral values, Mythology, Story telling, String instruments

main_image_urlhttps://ich.unesco.org/img/photo/thumb/09291-LRG.jpg

main_image_caption_enA group of practitioners of the Gorogly epic art at the national festival in Turkmenistan

main_image_copyrightThe Secretariat of the Turkmenistan National Commission for UNESCO, 2013

main_image_authorK. Poladov

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Why This Record Is Credible

This public record is connected to 1 source and has been labelled Source Supported. ARED separates evidence sources from cultural authority so users can see both provenance and review limits.

Cultural Access

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Relationships

Epic poetry Oral tradition Vocal music Bard Cultural events Festivals Improvisation Knights Moral values Mythology Story telling UNESCO representative list

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