Yapur-ai – Oh, Regret

This slow melodic wordless kui is played on the kyl kobyz - Kazakh fiddle - by Yerlan Sabitov - and the jetigen - the Kazakh autoharp, which has been reconstructed based on surviving instruments among neighboring peoples - by Galymjan Sekeev. Intermittent bursts of throat singing - likewise a recovered art among Kazakhs - punctuate the deep sadness that epitomizes true regret.