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Also known as kobzars

thumb|Kozak Mamai playing a kobza

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Intangible heritage.Name
Safeguarding programme of kobza and wheel lyre tradition
Intangible heritage.Year
2024
Intangible heritage.ID
02136
Intangible heritage.State Party
Ukraine
Intangible heritage.Region
ENA
Intangible heritage.List
Good Safeguarding
Intangible heritage.Session
19th

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Contents
  • History
  • Kozak Mamai and early origins
  • Blindness
  • Apprenticeship
  • Repertoire
  • Social role and travel
  • Role of guides
  • Contribution of women
  • Organization
  • Schools
  • Guilds
  • ''Kobzari'' and ''lirnyky''
  • End of kobzardom
  • Soviet appropriation
  • Re-establishment of the tradition
  • Preservation of kobzar music
  • Notable kobzars
  • Other uses of the term
  • In media
  • See also
  • References
  • Sources
  • Further reading
  • External links

thumb|Kozak Mamai playing a kobza

A kobzar ( ; ) was an itinerant Ukrainian bard who sang to his own accompaniment. The professional kobzar tradition was established in Ukraine during the Cossack Era around the 16th century. Kobzari were often blind and became predominantly so by the 1800s. The word literally means 'player of kobza', a Ukrainian stringed instrument of the lute family. More broadly, the term is given for a performer of the musical material associated with the kobzar tradition.

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