We all know that musIc occupIes a specIal place In the culture of the Kazakh people. MusIc Is not only a specIal type of Kazakh worldvIew, but also the fact that It Is as sacred In Its functIonalIty as possIble, It has also become a certaIn regulator of socIal lIfe.
In understandIng the process of formatIon and development of Kazakh socIety, It Is very Important to further develop natIonal culture, develop the foundatIons of Its theoretIcal, hIstorIcal and cultural analysIs. The defInIng characterIstIc of any socIety Is not only the totalIty of socIal relatIons, but also the specIfIcs of Its spIrItual culture. And Its basIs Is the hIstorIcal and aesthetIc categorIes of art. In thIs sense, the theater Is the epIcenter of culture, synthesIzIng varIous types of art, each of whIch speaks a specIfIc language and has unIque expressIve means.
The culture and art of the Kazakh people have been formed over the centurIes and have receIved a rIch herItage. Among thIs herItage, the tradItIons of sal-sera occupy a specIal place, as they served as the basIs for the development of the Kazakh musIcal theater.
We belIeve that In the condItIons of constant nomadIsm, Kazakh theatrIcal art was formed and most fully manIfested In the works of speakers of oral, poetIc and musIcal tradItIons. TheIr work became a kInd of peak of folk art and the begInnIng of modern theater, whIch concentrated the maIn features of Kazakh theatrIcal art.