Ak Kalpak Yrlary

What is an aitysh

Some readers ask. The aitysh is a contest of two akyns who sing at each other with the komuz or without. One asks, the other answers, in verse, at once, and the verse must rhyme, and the answer must be both polite and sharp. The people in the hall laugh in the right places or they are not people.

The oldest rule: you do not make fun of the poor, of a mother or of a guest. The second rule: everything else is permitted.