On May 24, 2022, a dombra lesson was held at the Nazarbayev Intellectual School of Physics and Mathematics in Astana. The event is planned to be entered into the Guinness Book of Records as “The Largest Dombra Lesson”.

 

The 2021-2022 academic year at the Nazarbayev Intellectual School of Physics and Mathematics in Astana ended up with a dombra lesson, in which 984 students took part. The lesson was conducted by a teacher of supplementary education, Professor Aitzhan Toktagan who is the Honored Worker of Culture in the Republic of Kazakhstan. He told the students about the history of creation and perform the famous kyui “Saryarka”, “Balbyrauyn”, “Yerkem-ai”, “Kenes”, and “Zhastar bii”.

The application to Guinness World Records (GWR) was submitted in December 2021. According to the Guinness Book of Records requirements, 20 stewards and 2 witnesses observed the large-scale lesson. For every 50 participated students there was to be one independent steward who would oversee a particular group, marking for disqualification anyone who would leave the record area or do not perform the required action. The Witnesses acted as GWR’s trustees and thus observed the record’s creation.

The dombra lesson has become the only case in the world when a vast majority of 984 students from one school played the main national instrument of Kazakhstan. The Kazakh attempt will hopefully be included in the global directory of outstanding achievements and unique phenomena.

The `LARGEST DOMBRA LESSON` attempt has been highlighted in the news by the national media “Yegemen Kazakhstan” and “Kazakhstanskaya Pravda.”

 

NIS – THE TERRITORY OF RECORDS

In Nazarbayev Intellectual School of Physics and Mathematics in Astana, the academic year ended up with a significant and long-awaited event – a dombra lesson planned to be included in the Guinness World Records as “The Largest Dombra Lesson” record. 984 students simultaneously played the dombra, the main musical instrument of the Kazakh people.

The largest dombra lesson was conducted by a teacher of supplementary education, Aitzhan Toktagan, Honored Worker of Culture in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

“Students of Nazarbayev Intellectual School of Physics and Mathematics in Astana represented our country and our culture, as well as the main musical instrument. Dombra is the soul of Kazakh people to share with the whole world. It is a well-known fact that dombra is a true authenticity of the Kazakh, so this event made this day historical, – said Kulyash Shamshidinova, the Chairperson of Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools AEO.