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Epic of Manas
The Epic of Manas is the traditional oral epic of the Kyrgyz, telling of the hero Manas, his son Semetey and grandson Seytek, who unite the Kyrgyz and fight their enemies. Performed by reciters called manaschi, it is among the longest epics in the world, with some versions running to hundreds of thousands of lines. It was written down from the 19th century and is central to Kyrgyz national identity.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Epic of Manas. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/epic-of-manas
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