This is my favorite version of this song although the Tokyo version is absolutely amazing as well. I just love the Kobyz version in this depicting all the animal sounds on the march. It’s a beautiful tribute to his people. Much love and appreciation from California.❤️🍀🌈😇🙏🏻❣️
It is interesting when we look at you that everyone reacts in their own way. First the reaction to Dimash's voice .. then to understand the point of the whole song and the third viewing when you find out the background of the story, which in my opinion is an even bigger plus of his songs .. In the end, I have the impression that I heard three different songs😃😅. Excellent reaction! Thank you and greetings from Serbia.🥰
👉 Samaltau - names a beautiful place. In Kazakhstan, many women's names have 'Samal' as the first syllable. 'Samal Tau. A folk song with a story...' You can hear and see (in your mind's eye): 'The sound of wind and snowstorm, the howl of a wolf and the barking of dogs. The cries of flying cranes... The sound of the water… Sounds of Kyl-Kobyz and Sybyzgy. And a strong, young voice that sings with longing for his homeland. The rhythm is like the step of a soldier... The soldiers move further and further away from their native steppes and mountains… The cry of the whole nation, the cry of the mothers who accompany their sons to war...' (www) For Dimash, this song “Samaltau” has a special spiritual meaning. This song, well known in Kazakhstan, was written when the Tsar forcibly conscripted the young men of Kazakhstan during World War I (1914-1918). The young farmers became soldiers and marched endless distances. Many didn't know what to do in a foreign country. Their fields withered and their wives, children and elderly parents were left alone. The Tsar, and later the Soviets, invaded the Kazakh lands, harassing, recruiting and decimating the population. In 1934, after a great famine, only 2 million Kazakhs survived. Today 18 million people live in the Republic of Kazakhstan, 70% of them Kazakhs, 19% Russians and other ethnic groups. * The first performance of this song took place at the closing ceremony of the Silk Road International Film Festival (2019) - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8BlSafjKujk.html (with background information) * Dimash sang this song on the Tokyo Jazz Festival in 2020. Because of the pandemic, the annual Tokyo Jazz Festival took place online. Dimash sings 2 songs live in his home studio. * SOS - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WdKYDoqKLP8.html * Samaltau - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UvMRkiYu3Js.html * Dimash Digital Show 2021- Samaltau - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QnQbmB6KXME.html * Tokyo Jazz Festival 2021 - Ikanaide/ Please Don’t Go - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-X2SDVmU33Kg.html (Thanks to all Dears who helped to complete the information)
For long years, the Kazak men were placed into war protecting the USSR. The Kazaks fought the battles for THE USSR. Many Kazak men were slaughtered defending another land and people. In 1991 Kazakhstan was along with 15 other Republics were given their freedom. In 1994 Dimash was born to a highly patriotic family, and he is still a great lover of his nation.
Hello there) 1916 hints at WW1, when the Russian Empire was losing the war and men from all over the empire, including Kazakhstan were forced to join the army. It wasn't voluntary, obviously, so I hope, that helps in understanding the concept. Peace!
As always a great reaction ❤ Next suggestion from me is to watch an earlier song, Daybreak ,from his break through moment in the competition "I am a singer" from 2017 where Dimash is 22 years old. I suggest you watch Gloria Wu's The story behind Daybreak where you learn something about not only the heart breaking song but also about Dimash ❤️ You will be surprised 😊 Looking forward to your next reaction 🤩
Спасибо за реакцию! Чтобы по настоящему почувствовать эту красивую и трагичную песню, надо прослушать ее не один раз. Димаш исполнял ее неоднократно, в разных вариациях, но всегда великолепно! Еще раз спасибо и удачи!
Thank you for your reaction. Dimash has many performances of this song. I especially love the one from the Dimash Digital Show, where he sings with the wind! Also the Tokyo Jazz Festival performance. The song is so sad, especially because it is a true story.
I love this Kazakh folk song. It’s haunting. It is so sad, about being forced to fight in the Czar’s army in 1916, leaving behind his elderly parents with no one to take care of them. Samaltau is the mountain in NNW Kazakhstan. Yes, the instruments are mimicking the sounds of Nature.
@@B-Drags-Den I can’t find the original source of my information about the mountain, but I found this: Samal - a gentle breeze, a mountain breeze, bearing the evening or morning cool. The word "samal" itself is associated with something pleasant, bearing enjoyment. Therefore, Kazakhs woman often have a female name Samal. Tau - mountain, hill. So, pleasant mountain. I also found the probable route taken from his home village to Omsk.
In 1916, during the second year of Great War (World War I), the Russian Empire carried huge human and property losses. The burden of restocking was laid on subject nations. About 49 million hectares of fertile land were forcibly taken away during the war from Kazakhs. The owners were driven out into the barren wastes. Taxes increased form 3 to 15 times. For the needs of war, livestock and property were mass requisitioned. And finally it came to "requisition" of people. On 24th of June 1916, the Russian Tsar issued a decree that a half-million Central Asians, aged 19-43, were to be mobilised for army and labour brigades in the war effort. This decree was the spark for the Kazakh uprising, although the underlying reason was Russian colonisation and the usurpation of Kazakh lands. Song "Samal Tau" tells about this sad events for young Kazakh in this difficult time. The song is about young, about 28 year old (a little over 2 mushels = 2 dozens born in the year of the cow = 1889) recruit walking from Samal village (close to Shalkar lake in West-North Kazakhstan) to Omsk, as he was forced to register for the Russian military according to a decree predating the revolt by a few months. He was walking for 15 days and almost reached Omsk. Grazie per la reaction!!! LOVE Teresa - Genoa ITALY
The Qobys was considered a Shamans instrument at one time and sacred because it carried the voices of nature. The Kazak people are not that far removed from a nomadic life. All the men/soldiers forced to leave for this war from Kazakhstan were cannon fodder and perished to a man. None returned. The USSR lost more people than any other country in the WW wars. As horses were also confiscated and supplies, the kazak people were decimated by a famine due to a lack of men or horses to work the fields after this, producing even more death than the war itself. Dimash was born shortly after the independance of Kazakhstan making him the first generation of free Kazaks. One of the reasons keeping his culture and traditions alive is so important. Thank you for reacting to this wonderful and meaningful song. 🥰🥰🥰🇨🇦
Где вы взяли это враньё?? В песне речь шла о 1 мировой войне. Мобилизация была общая, всех народов России. Во время 2 мировой войны погибло всего 0,6 % казахов. На территории Казахстана войны не было.
Thank you for reacting to this beautiful song. The Qobyz is a very old two stringed Kazakh folk instrument and it’s spread among Kazakhs. The man who is playing the Qobyz in Dimash’s performance is the best on this instrument and a very good friend of Dimash. His name is Olzhas Qurmanbek. You often can hear this instrument when Dimash sings in his native tongue like Samaltau, Qairan Elim or ÒmirÒter and at the stage performance in Stranger. Samaltau is about a young Kazakh who was forcibly recruited by Russia in 1916. He was forced to leave his home country and his elderly parents to go to war (WWI) and does not know what awaits him there as a soldier or how his elderly parents are to manage without him. I love this song. This song is really special. You literally can hear the wind blowing, the storm and the howling of the wolf. Dimash sings this song so emotionally that you can almost sense the fears and worries this young soldier must have felt as he went off to a war that wasn't his. The best version in my opinion is from the Tokyo Jazz Festival. It’s pure emotion. Samaltau Tokyo Jazz Festival: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UvMRkiYu3Js.html Another good one is from his Digital concert: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QnQbmB6KXME.html Normally there are no vocal acrobatics in his native songs and I love them a lot. In every of this songs you can hear the great love and devotion to his country and his people. Greetings and love from Germany👋❤️
La verdad que hay que conocer el significado de las canciones de dimash porque ahí se ve su interpretación el interpreta lo que canta Esta es una historia muy triste de su tierra😢❤❤❤
👉This bowl-neck lute played with a bow is an old Turkic stringed instrument and called Kobys or Kylkobyz in Kazakhstan. The Kyrgyz variant, for example, is called the kyl-kyyak. The Kobys is the oldest string instrument in the world and, according to a German scientist, it spread beyond the borders of the nomadic area of Central Asia and became the prototype of all European string instruments. (Turkic means: The Turkic peoples are a collection of ethnic groups from Central, East, North and West Asia as well as parts of Europe and North Africa who speak Turkic languages. Difference between Turkic and Turkish - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PqxhtBecVeg.html ) A legend about Kobyz says that this instrument was created by the great steppe narrator Korkyt-Ata, who lived in the 10th century and that the tool is charged with magical and even mystical properties and sounds like animal voices. In addition, the Kazakh people believed that the spirits of their ancestors spoke to them through this music. The old outlook and piety towards their instruments and music was constantly preserved in traditional Kazakh society and ensured the highest spiritual level of musical art and a special respectful attitude towards musical instruments. Simple people, for example, did not dare to touch the shaman's Kobyz. It is said: The balance between the courses of life and death on earth can be maintained by playing the Kobyz.
When Kazakhstan belonged to Russia, young Kazakhs were forced, by the Russian Empire, to leave their homes and fight many years until their total massacre. The story of one of these young people, who desperately marches into a war that is not his, besides the sadness of leaving his parents, elders, with no one to take care of and the certainty that he will never see the mountains (“tau”) of Kazakhstan again generated this wonderfully sad song! In addition to Dimash's talent, we have a wonderful ambience and two fantastic musicians: Olzhas Qurmanbeck - Master in playing Qobyz (Kobyz, who looks like a violin), the other who plays “rainstick”! A supernatural journey to the plains of Kazakhstan, through Music!
Thank you for your reaction. Dimash has shared that this is a difficult song for him to perform emotionally. You can tell he feels this to his very core.
This was in China with Chinese instruments/players. The best version is from the Tokyo jazz plus fesival, live-streamed from a studio. It is really haunting and beautiful.
Of course this version is great, but I think you might prefer the version made for the Japanese Jazz Festival 2020, performed in Dimash's studio. You're right about the atmospheric qualities of the music. Can you imagine walking all the way to Russia?
I absolutely love his native songs 🇰🇿🎶🇰🇿 This gives us all a strong lesson for all culture’s to “Honor & Share” their music too the 🌎❤️ Making all of our lives richer with more “Meaning & Beauty” ✨🎶🤍🎶✨ DIMASH-SAMALTAU 2021 OFFICIAL 🇰🇿 with subtitles ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QnQbmB6KXME.html 4U🦌💝🤗ENJOY DIMASH - SAMALTAU The backstory 🇰🇿 with subtitles ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GVcs7wkfyC4.html Here’s another song in his language lighter & beautiful Probably My Very Favorite✨ DIMASH-AMANAT 2021 Official 🇰🇿 with subtitles ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Y2PqnN31pL0.html ❤️2U&ALLU❤️🦌🦌💫🌎🕊️🇺🇸
Even if you watch on your own, please watch Samaltau from the Tokyo Jazz festival which he has to stream from his studio due to the pandemic. He sits cross legged in meditative position or the digital show performance where he sits on the floor and special effects are added to show the storm that is like the battlefield. Dimash sings various songs from Kazakhstan and they are special. Amanat and Dai de dai are two.
ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Sa_jM3GIops.htmlsi=Fw_VC0SwsmpaqzgZ Окиныш 🎶 Фанкам. Это единственное исполнение этой песни, Димаш больше ее не поет на концертах. Димаш автор этой песни. Жду вашу реакцию
