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Manas (Epic)Manas is a traditional epic poem of the Kyrgyz people and the name of the epic's eponymous hero. The poem, twenty times longer than Homer's Odyssey, is a patriotic work recounting the exploits of Manas and his descendants, who fight against the Uyghurs in the ninth century. Although the epic is mentioned as early as the fifteenth century, it was not set down in written form until 1885. The figure Manas is said to have been born in the Ala Too mountains in Talas oblast in northwestern Kyrgyzstan. A mausoleum some 60 km east of the town of Talas is traditionally believed to house his remains. A revered manaschi (traditional reciter of the epic) who recently visited the United Kingdom is Rysbek Jumabaev. See also
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