Kara Jorga

The dance can be performed with other instrumental songs (küy), however, Kara Jorga became most popular among Kazakh and then Kyrgyz people.

[3] It was then popularized in Kazakhstan since the post-independence period, mostly by Kazakh repatriates from China and Turkey, such as Arystan Shadetuly – a professional Kara Jorga dancer.

Qara Jorga in Process of Transformation from Local Knowledge to National Symbol (master thesis).

Kara Jorga like other nomadic dances related to traditional pastoral culture, was used during Kazakh festivals and shamanic rituals before the Islamic period.

Thus, in Kazakhstan, Kara Jorga was preserved as a professional choreographic art, while Kazakhs in China have been practicing it casually during the different events as a folk dance.