On November 7, 2023, in the city of Astana, within the framework of the Culture Days of the Mangistau region “A thousand greetings from Mangistau, Alash Tori”, the kyu evening “Makamy Mashkhur Mangistau” was held at the Kazakh National University of Arts. During the evening, a presentation of the anthology “100 Mangistau kyuis” by university associate professor Zhumabek Kadyrkulov took place and an educational and methodological manual “Methodology for teaching traditional song performance of Mangistau” by Sultanbek Kudaibergen and Akylbek Taskarauly was presented.

According to Zhumabek Kadyrkulov, author of the book “100 kuis of Mangistau,” the book contains forgotten and rarely heard kuis of Mangistau. For example, works by classical composers such as Yesil, Esikbay, Kulshar, Kartbay, Uskinbay, Zholdy, as well as other composers such as Begim Sal, Mamyt. These melodies were recorded from ancient sources and are stored in the Conservatory of Phonetics and in the gold fund of the Kazakh Radio. Sultanbek Kudaibergen translated these melodies into digital format and systematized them. Zhumabek Kadyrkulov recorded the melodies.

The textbook and methodological manual analyzes the performing model of Mangistau zhyrshy and zhyrau. Artists from Mangistau performed the kyuis included in the book and sang songs of the seven peoples that inhabited Mangistau.