Togolok Moldo
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Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
, Manaschi
Manaschi
A Manaschi is a person who recites the epic of Manas which is the centrepiece of Kyrgyz literature. The Manas contain up to nearly five hundred thousand lines which makes it twenty times longer than Homer's Odyssey and Iliad combined...
and folk song writer. Born in Ak-Talaa district, Naryn
Naryn
Naryn is the provincial administrative center of the Naryn Province in central Kyrgyzstan, with a population of 34,822 . It is situated on both banks of the Naryn River, , which cuts a picturesque gorge through the town...
province (oblast). Togolok Moldo by his audiences - "togolok" means round-faced, "moldo" means an educated person.
He is buried near the village of about 3,000 persons named for him in Ak-Talaa district.