Aldar-Kose (Kazakh: Aldar KөseAldar Kөse) is a fictional folk character of Kazakh fairy tales, the hero of short humorous and satirical miniatures and anecdotes.
Literary image of Aldar-Kose
editThere are many popular tales and jokes about Aldar-Kose. The son of a poor man.Kind, resourceful and intelligent person.
deceives and punishes the greedy rich, lazy, fools and even devils.Associated with the Kazakh Robin Hood, But his weapon is not a bow and arrows, but the mind and the word. He figures also in folklore of turkmen, uzbek and tatar.
Similar characters in other nations: Joh - among the Arabs, Pula-Pughi - among the Armenians, Khoja Nasreddin - among some Eastern peoples (including the Kazakhs), Omirbek - among the Karakalpaks, also found in the epic of the Kazakhs (especially the southern) because of the kinship of languages and cultures, Ahmet-Akay - among the Crimean Tatars, Sly Budamsha - among the Buryats, Mushfik - among the Tajik, Salyay Chakkan and Molla Zaydin - among the Uigurs, Kemin - among the Turkmen, Til Ulenshpigel - among the Flemish and Germans, Sly Peter - among the South Slavs Hershele Ostropolera (Hershele of Ostropole) - among Ashkenazi Jews, Pekale - the Romanians.
Name
editTranslated into English, the nickname Aldar-Kose means “Beard-free deceiver”: “Aldar” - deceiver, rogue, wit, “Spit” - beardless.
Aldar-Kose in the cinema
edit➡️The comedy film "Beard-free cheater" (director and starrig Shaken Aimanov, "Kazakhfilm", 1964).
➡️How Aldar-Kose outwitted the tiger (Soyuzmultfilm, 1976).
➡️Educational project of Azia Animation animation studio (Almaty), 80-serial cartoon “Aldar Kosenin konildi oqigalary” (Funny stories of Aldar-Kose) about the adventures of Aldar Kose (2009-2011, in Kazakh). 30 episodes (first season) and 50 episodes (second season). Authors: Arthur and Igor Kraus.
➡️Aldar-Kose (television series, 16 episodes, 2011), starring Dauren Sergazin. Director Din Makhamatdinov, Khabar Agency JSC, Kazakhstan.
➡️The comedy film “The Adventures of Aldar Kose in the XXI Century”, starring Bakhytzhan Alpeisov, production director Begaydar Shaldarbekov, “BEST Film Company”, Kazakhstan, 2011.
Remembrance
edit- Aldar-Kose street inAlmaty.
See also
editZhirenshe-sheshen - another character of Kazakh folklore, also famous for wit.
Notes
edit[[Category:Fictional clowns]] [[Category:Tricksters]] [[Category:Folklore characters]]