WATCH: Kazakh Woman Plays Music Sitting In Pink Lake. Two-Year-Old Video Goes Viral Again
In the clip posted by ex-Norwegian diplomat Erik Solheim, Kazakh musician Marzhan Kapsamat plays 2-stringed instrument dombrya in the backdrop of Lake Köbeituz, which turns pink every several years.
A video of a young woman playing a musical instrument against the backdrop of a lake with pink water is being widely shared on Twitter. The one-minute clip posted by former Norwegian diplomat Erik Solheim has the woman sitting on a chair in the shallow waters of the lake and playing a dombrya, a two-stringed musical instrument. The video was shot at Lake Köbeituz in Kazakhstan, and the woman is clad in what appears to be a traditional attire colour-coordinated with the surroundings.
Posting the video on Twitter, Solheim wrote that Köbeituz is a salt water lake “that turns pink every several years”.
“A 23-year-old musician, is playing in Lake Köbeituz, a salt lake in Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 that turns pink every several years…” he tweeted.
See the video here:
A 23-year-old musician, is playing in Lake Köbeituz, a salt lake in Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 that turns pink every several years.
— Erik Solheim (@ErikSolheim) August 6, 2022
Fashion, nature, vibes … beautiful. 👏🌸
pic.twitter.com/FkqUrgew6P
The video shared by Solheim has gone viral, garnering over 2.1 million views. The post tags another handle that had shared the same video in November 2020. The post by @dusttodigital has seen nearly 14,000 retweets and over 50,000 likes.
The artiste in the video is Marzhan Kapsamat, who posted the clip of her solo performance on her Instagram account two years ago. According to her bio on the video-sharing platform, she is a traditional musician from Kazakhstan who plays Kazakh national instrument dombrya. The account has many videos of her playing the pear-shaped, long-necked musical instrument at different picturesque locations in Kazakhstan.
A 23-year-old musician, is playing in Lake Köbeituz, a salt lake in Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 that turns pink every several years.
— Erik Solheim (@ErikSolheim) August 6, 2022
Fashion, nature, vibes … beautiful. 👏🌸
pic.twitter.com/FkqUrgew6P
The Lake And The Musical Composition
The salt lake is located in the Ereymentau region of Kazakhstan, about 160 kilometers from the capital Nur-Sultan, according to a July 2020 Astana Times report, which also said the lake is known for its "healing mud". Dunaliella salina, a type of halophile green microalgae that is usually found in sea salt fields, is responsible for the lake’s pink colour, the report said, adding that this microalgae has the ability to create a large amount of carotenoids, which in turn create the reddish hue. The report said D. Salina has antioxidants activity because of which it is used in cosmetics and dietary supplements. Taking a dip in the pink water is also considered to have beneficial effects.
About Marzhan Kapsamat’s video, the report said she was playing famous Kazakh composer Dauletkerey Shigaiuly’s “Korugly”.
“I knew that the performance on the pink lake would attract the attention of not only locals but also foreign people,” the report quoted her as saying. She said she wanted more people to know about the dombrya and also her country.
Explaining the composition, she said “Korugly” is a Turkic word that is translated as “Son of the blind”. According to her, all Turkic people know this composition. Legend has it that a woman was buried pregnant but her child was born and survived, which is why it is also translated as “Son born from the grave”.
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