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Encyclopedia > Duma (epic)

A Duma (Дума in Ukrainian) is an epic poem of 16th and 17th century Cossack Ukraine. Historically, dumas were recited by travelling kobzars and accompanied by the music of a kobza. In mathematics, see epic morphism. ... The Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks to Sultan Mehmed IV of Turkey. ... A kobzar (kобзар in Ukrainian) was a Ukrainian wandering bard of Cossack times, who played a stringed instrument called a kobza to accompany the recitation of epic dumas. ... Kobza (кобза) is an Ukrainian traditional string musical instrument. ...


See also

  • Duma (http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?AddButton=pagesDUDuma.htm) at the Encyclopedia of Ukraine.

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dumas differ from other lyrico-epic and historical poetry by their form and by the way in which they were performed.
dumas were not sung, but were performed in recitative to the accompaniment of a
dumas with the poetic forms that appeared in Ukraine in the 12th century, particularly with the
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