Dimash - Samaltau Reaction

[@sandrak.robbins6305]

Thank you. This is one of my favorites. Perfect and ancient sounding.

[@Mozhi-H]

Dimash's voice has made the world a more beautiful place to live. A voice full of positive energy

[@allybandy3047]

You know you are watching a master when there is nothing more than a room and you are entranced. No stage, no big lights, no dancers and this is still one of my favorite performances by Dimash.

[@000aysh]

I absolutely love this. Dimash is brilliantly talented and the music is mesmerising. Much love to all my Kazakh brothers and sisters, from a sister in Türkiye 🇹🇷

[@skirk9184]

This is very much cultural. It's a kind of lament about a young Kazakh forced to be a soldier for the Russian army in 1916. This was before Kazakhstan was liberated from Russian rule. The war was not theirs, but the young men were forced onto the front lines on foot. The Russian army had horses. It was a time of immense suffering for the Kazakh people. They are a culture of art and music and gentle ways. The soldier laments leaving his beautiful land and beloved people which me may never see again. The rain stick recalls the streams, the flute...the wind through the hills....the Kobz strings...the sounds of the wolves and wildlife. Dimash, being raised his first 10 yrs by his grandparents, grew up learning about this history. He sings it directly from the heart. This is a masterpiece performance the likes of which you won't find anywhere else in this day and age. Thank you for not pausing but once. Some songs merit that. Like Ave Maria. It's a matter of respect as well as experience. Thank you for your reaction. ❤

[@nursultanibragimov8053]

🙏🇰🇿❤️👍 рақмет.

[@flightfree456]

Тогда еще казахстана не было, это была одна страна - Россия

[@nursultanibragimov8053]

@@flightfree456 қотақбас русыз

[@revagreen2303]

Thank you so much! 🙏❤️

[@Manfred_Sommer]

. . . thank you for the information!

[@carolinabudo1149]

Su voz suena como un trueno !!!

[@tonyramirezarana8219]

Para los que dicen que Dimash es solo gritos y agudos, en esta canción demuestra que sin necesidad de acudir a esos recuersos es igualmente sobrenatural y majestuoso.

[@Somaso163]

I love this song even I don’t understand what is he saying but his voice it just transfer you in another dimension

[@vivienmc5983]

I wish you’d had the captions on when reacting to this. It tells the story of a young soldier being forced from his homeland to fight for the Russian army in the First World War. 😢❤So sad and beautiful.

[@zemanoshtronz]

When Kazakhstan belonged to Russia (in mid-1916), young Kazakhs were forced by the Russian Empire to leave their homes and fight for many years until their total massacre. The story of one of these young people, who marches desperately into a war that is not his, as well as the sadness of leaving his parents, who are older, with no one to care for and the certainty that he will never see the mountains (“tau ”) of Kazakhstan again again spawned this wonderfully sad song! In addition to Dimash's talent, we have a wonderful environment and a fantastic musician: Olzhas Qurmanbeck, master of playing Qobyz (Kobyz, sacred instrument from Kazakhstan with two strings and bipolyphony)! A supernatural journey to the plains of Kazakhstan, through Music!

[@tirallala1]

👉This bowl-neck lute played with a bow is an old Turkic stringed instrument and called Kobys or Kylkobyz in Kazakhstan. The Kyrgyz variant, for example, is called the kyl-kyyak. The Kobys is the oldest string instrument in the world and, according to a German scientist, it spread beyond the borders of the nomadic area of Central Asia and became the prototype of all European string instruments. (Turkic means: The Turkic peoples are a collection of ethnic groups from Central, East, North and West Asia as well as parts of Europe and North Africa who speak Turkic languages. Difference between Turkic and Turkish - kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqLbmad4msiJm8k ) A legend about Kobyz says that this instrument was created by the great steppe narrator Korkyt-Ata, who lived in the 10th century and that the tool is charged with magical and even mystical properties and sounds like animal voices. In addition, the Kazakh people believed that the spirits of their ancestors spoke to them through this music. The old outlook and piety towards their instruments and music was constantly preserved in traditional Kazakh society and ensured the highest spiritual level of musical art and a special respectful attitude towards musical instruments. Simple people, for example, did not dare to touch the shaman's Kobyz. It is said: The balance between the courses of life and death on earth can be maintained by playing the Kobyz. 🌼🇩🇪 👉 The flute called Sybyzgy - made of reeds or wood 50-70 cm with 3-7 holes, which is particularly common in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. The instrument was particularly popular with shepherds and was used by storytellers. They went across the country and told stories and legends in chants and with music (Kui). There are many legends and traditions associated with sybyzgy. In these legends the instrument is called a "living reed", because this strong, hollow stem, makes amazingly deep sounds. The whole life of Kazakhs is imbued with music, it sounds in ceremonies and rituals, in everyday life and at holidays. Listening to the sounds of dombra, kobyz or sybyzgy, one can understand the history and culture of the Kazakh people. It was easy and fast to make a sybyzgy, but it was very difficult to play it. Sybyzgy kuis (Kui: sung stories) were most two-voice melodies: the first voice came from the instrument and the second voice was the throat singing of the musician-performer.(www) 👉 Rainmaker or Rainstick originally comes from northern Chile. Its origin is the very dry Atacama region, where it was first built by the Diaguitas Indians in the Elqui Valley and used for rain ceremonies. It is originally made from the copado cactus. Only dead cacti that are already lignified are used. The thorns are driven into the interior of the cactus. Then the rainmaker is filled with small pebbles and sealed at both ends. If you turn the rainmaker over, the small pebbles fall from one spike to the next. This creates a pleasant, even sound that is reminiscent of flowing water or the sound of thick raindrops. While in South America the medicine men wanted to lure the longed-for rain with the soft, rustling sound of the rainmaker, people enjoy the pleasant sound with its calming effect. The sound spectrum ranges from a fine, gentle drizzle to the mighty roar of a downpour. It 'rains' all the more persistently, the longer the rainmaker is and the more spikes block the path of the pebbles. (www)

[@marlenemarenco9694]

Maravilloso mi príncipe Kazajo Dimash saludos a todos los Dears desde Costa Rica pura vida 🇨🇷🇨🇷

[@anetak3320]

Samaltau is the best ❤

[@pclig2383]

Samaltau, that translates “mountain breeze” is a kazakh folk song - written from the perspective of a young kazakh, leaving behind his beloved natal steppe and his elderly parents, when drafted by force by the russian empire to shed his blood in the russian army. (a tsar’s edict in 1916 ordered males of non-Russian origin aged 19-43 from the province that the Russian Empire annexed in 1867 - that included territories of today’s Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan - to join the russian empire`s army ; this led to famine in the territories where the men were taken away from, and to a huge revolt against the tsar, revolt which was stifled brutally. This rendition was during the quarantine from Dimash’s home studio with two musicians. The instrumentation and Dimash’s voice creates an atmosphere so mystical and enchanting that takes you to that place where the story occurred . 🔝🔝👏❤️🎤🎻

[@elevown]

This is easily the best performance of this traditional song i think :) Stripped back to just Dimash and 2 instruments- its beautiful but still powerful. And yes- its a very cultural old Kazakh song that has a lot of importance to them- about being forced to leave the country they love so much and their family etc.

[@kracine9582]

I love the Kazak folk songs, they are so beautiful. If you want another folk song, try Daididau.

[@klikakate]

And Durdaraz or Omir oter or Amanat or Karagym-ai❤

[@felterlouis1]

Please react to his Daididau performance from The Singer (2017). It really shows off his Kazakh heritage. The Gloria Wu video provides context and translation. Thanks!!!

[@natividatorresarmas9867]

Saludos desde Gran Canaria,un placer oír a éste fenómeno de voz y persona

[@silvialuna8023]

Esta es la canción más difícil de cantar, para Dimash, no por la técnica, sino por la carga emotiva de sus antepasados, que en la primera guerra mundial 1916, miles de kasajos fueron obligados a participar en ese conflicto. Gracias por tu reacción a Dimash.

[@montseandreulopez7279]

Bon dia. Totes les cançons qazajas que porte en el seu repertori són meravellosas... Daididau, Amanat, Kieli Menen, Qairan Elim, Elim Menin, Akkuym. Durdaraz, Omir Otero, Qaragym Ai. ❤🎼❤🎼❤🎼❤🎼❤🎼 Molt recomanable es veure The Digital Show 2021.❤😘

[@analia9306]

Es la historia de un soldado que tiene que ir a la guerra en 1916 dejando sus tierras,no te olvides que estaban bajo el dominio de la Unión Soviética,Kazajistán se independizó en 1993.Es un tema tradicional de Kazajistán y Dimash dijo que es una de las canciones que más le cuesta cantar por la carga emocional.Saludos para ti y todos los Dears desde Argentina!!!🤗❤🇦🇷

[@monicalanterna883]

Música de su tierra muy sentida para él!

[@tirallala1]

👉 Samaltau - names a beautiful place. In Kazakhstan, many women's names have 'Samal' as the first syllable. The first performance of this song took place at the closing ceremony of the Silk Road International Film Festival (2019) - kzbin.info/www/bejne/bnPPhJScn7CooM0 (with background information) For Dimash, this song “Samaltau” has a special spiritual meaning. This song, well known in Kazakhstan, is sung about the harsh mass of people, about their suffering. It was written when the tsar was forcibly conscripting the young men of Kazakhstan during the First World War (1914-1918). They marched endless distances. Many did not know what to do in a foreign country. Their fields withered and their wives, children and elderly parents were left alone. The Tsar, and later the Soviets, invaded the Kazakh lands, harassing, recruiting and decimating the population. In 1934, after a great famine, only 2 million Kazakhs survived. Today 18 million people live in the Republic of Kazakhstan, 70% of them Kazakhs, 19% Russians and other ethnic groups. He also sang this song on the Tokyo Jazz Festival in 2020. Because of the pandemic, the annual Tokyo Jazz Festival took place online. Dimash sings 2 songs live in his home studio. * SOS - kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZWuinelprB_hpo * Samaltau - kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6ewg56fjtpmgNU * Dimash Digital Show 2021- Samaltau - kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5-0k6B4a7CLg6c * Tokyo Jazz Festival 2021 - Ikanaide/ Please Don’t Go - kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmO2dYmjiphmgck Dimash also was one of the few foreigners who has been asked to attend the live online show marking the inauguration of the President of U.S.A. Joe Biden (2021). He was there as a representative of his country Kazakhstan and he was also there for his Dears from all over the world. * S.O.S. - kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXaQapmHiausl9U * Samaltau - kzbin.info/www/bejne/hX3Vd6ZmjLernbs (Thanks to all Dears who helped to complete the information)

[@charitomaglaya757]

I only watch Dimash reactions.. he’s the chosen one to listen his gods music very relaxing no bad words .. angel voice God sent him to us to listen .. no one else

[@biljanakv]

Love this song very much. I like performance from digital show.❤❤❤

[@sararaquelgrimshawurgarri2316]

Why this was a true story about a soldier 19 06 things about country land put the subtitles on then you can see what the song is about it's a beautiful song about his country too true story 🙏🙏

[@vered3179]

👍👍👍

[@BertaAlarcon-w6l]

DIMASH 😢, me encanta música, canción, instrumentos, músicos, interpretación, rango vocal 😓🙀🤭🤫👏👏

[@reneedevry4361]

I love this song. It brings me to tears every time and I wonder why am I listening to sadness personified? Then I listen to it again. This was one of the songs that at the beginning of my Dimash journey, I checked for subliminal messages. I was panicking because I was so severely addicted and I had never had that happen before with music and I was desperate for explanations. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I am still addicted but at least now I can go up to 8 hour stretches without hearing his voice before getting the jitters. Love? Or drug? 🤣🤣🤣🥰Canadian Dear🇨🇦

[@FretsOnFire]

🤣😂🤣 I'm hooked too! Maybe the reason we love Dimash's very sad songs is that it's therapeutic? After the heavy emotion, I always feel kind of refreshed.

[@charitomaglaya757]

My angel Dimash the best of the best … we love you Dimash .. thanks if playing his songs every time ….

[@TeahVickery]

He reaches right into soul from the very beginning, transports you to the steppes and mountains, and then breaks your heart. Absolutely masterful.

[@satsita6974]

❤💞💖

[@ЛарисаМетельская-г3з]

Часть территории нынешнего Казахстана исторически составляли несколько ханств, включающих в себя племена казахов. В 18-м веке почти все эти ханства перешли под протекторат Российской империи. В 1914-м году началась Первая мировая война,; в 1916-м году казахов и других мусульман Российской империи стали призывать в армию, в основном на тыловые работы, что спровоцировало народные восстания. Димаш поёт от лица молодого солдата, который покидает родные края, простившись со своими немолодыми родителями, и с тревогой думает о неизвестной ему солдатской судьбе.

[@PatriciaPalmer-o3e]

🕌 AN ARISTOCRAT, he is a direct descendant of a 14th century noble family of the Khanate of the Junior Zhuz. Genealogy is very important in his culture and the regular indigenous Kazakh can recite his lineage back at least 7 generations. Raised from birth to be the ceremonial head of his family at 18, it was given to him in a ceremony 1000 years old, his father is titular head. Dimash takes his duties and ceremonial responsibilities to his people seriously and performs them with dignity and grace. Not only gifted musically, his family is beloved for decades of quiet, unpublicized acts of charity individually and together.

[@NancyBayona-bj2ru]

This song was very Kazakh and very primal and tribal. His vocal run in between the verses was exactly and completely Kazakh. The run felt very ancient and very heart felt from Dimash to the rest of the world. Dimash is the BEST voice of the world. He has such an unique ability to touch everyone deep into their souls and invoke emotions. You feel the anguish of the soldier leaving his homeland and missing his aging parents and facing uncertain future. If you turned on the subtitle, you could read the translation of the lyrics.

[@nancyhashiguchi8470]

awesome!!!!

[@carolinabudo1149]

Activa los sub para ver la traduccion de este tema !

[@anuaraynanov6522]

From @rodrigorra31532 For Dimash, this is the most difficult song to sing, due to the story behind it. Samaltau means Mount Samal. The lyrics are sad because they refer to when in 1916 the Russians recruited young Kazakhs and forced them to fight in the First World War. According to the lyrics, a young man who marches towards the battle zone thinks about what awaits him and suffers for what will happen to his parents, who are old and left alone, and who may not return alive. On the way he also thinks that it will be the last time he will see his house and his beautiful mountains. For Dimash, family union and love for her is one of the greatest things, hence the difficulty in interpreting it. The Russian tsar and recruiters treated us like cattle (they didn't feed us, they kept us in unsanitary conditions). That is why, out of 400,000 (Kazakh) soldiers recruited in the first months, 150,000 died of disease and starvation. They did not give us weapons, they fought with shovels against cannons and rifles. Of the 400,000 Kazakh soldiers, 300,000 conscripted Kazakhs did not return home (the fate of the author of this song is unknown; perhaps he died in that war)- KOBYZ Kobyz is an ancient instrument, it was used by the wise and referents to drive away evil spirits, formerly its two strings were made with horsetail Greetings from Panama.

[@charitomaglaya757]

Samaltau beautiful angelic music

[@annnoyes6915]

💗💗💗💗🌸

[@teresalume7887]

amazing

[@revagreen2303]

Genius! Masterpiece!! ❤❤❤ long history of conscription of Kazakh soldiers in 1917. Will let those from Kazakhstan explain more fully.

[@IkramKahn-ov8fq]

Moving

[@kiomha7456]

you should turn on the subtitles, makes it even more great

[@-R.Gray-]

Part of the distress of the singer is that all able-bodied men were being conscripted and force-marched to Russia - so how were his aged parents going to survive with no one left to help them.

[@maggiedennis5530]

Thanks for reacting to Dimash ( I don't subscribe or make requests from reactors who do not post a link back to original artist, it's so unfair when Dimash brings many subscribers)

[@alekssandov9053]

[@colleenverdon6315]

Please listen to this song with the subtitles. The words are beautiful and clarifying.

[@TracyH13]

✨️🩵

[@pamscarr8696]

Dimsh is a Kazak nationalist to the core though one grandfather was Ukranian and the the other had cheeks as rosy as any European out there. Of course Kazakhstan is part of the Eurasian Stepp and masses are Eurasian in those lands, Dimash being no exception.

[@GrannyRalls]

Which of his grandfathers were Ukrainian?

[@LlejaSwordsinger]

Ngl, I was a bit disappointed with your reaction to this song. Of all the reactors I watch I was waiting for you to hear this in particular. I thought you would understand that the music at the beginning was representing the homeland, the plains, the mountains, the wind, the baying dogs and mooing cows and the sound of water, sounds of the Kazakh landscape. I thought you would close your eyes and be able to conjure up a picture purely from the sounds of the instruments. I thought you would as you do so often have the lyrics up. This is a story, a moving lament of a young soldier ripped from family and homeland to go to fight in a foreign war during the time of great sorrow for the Kazakh people. It's poignant wail signifying the pain felt by Dimash's ancestors and so in turn by him. I felt it was a hurried reaction and didn't do the song nor Dimash's rendering of it justice,, and so I feel slightly cheated as I have come to expect a more studied approach from you.....specifically. Not your best reaction unfortunately in my humble opinion. 🤔🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@nancymiller4557]

You really don’t have to talk all the time while he sings!

[@Nomadletsgo]

Dimash Turkish kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYvMnZdvg81_bck

[@ИринаПьяных-ф4ф]

❤❤❤❤

[@user-maxcolors]

высоомерие черных поражает. мы ждем критики, а они перестают быть ими