ARTICLE: Epic Tradition and "Alpamysh" Epos

Studying folk art means exploring not only people's life, rituals, psychology and traditions, but also their history, present and future, their worldviews and spiritual world. In fact, it is the folk art in which self-consciousness of nation, self-expression, perception of the world and its centuries-long way of life and ideas are reflected. Simply speaking, studying folk art means learning the people firsthand.

Author: Dr. Jabbor Eshonqulov, leading research fellow at Institute of Language and Literature named after A. Navoi