While on the Internet, I found an article about the story behind 'Daididau' and it's the most 'complete' I've found so far. It makes for very interesting reading.
Daididau : From Obscure Poem to Worldwide Hit
https://medium.com/illumination/daididau-from-obscure-poem-to-worldwide-hit-b25e2ea74dd9
Excerpt :
"A Silenced Poet
It begins like a fairytale: Once upon a time there was a poet who was very much in love with his wife. Her name was Zuleikha Kurmanbaykizi, and his nickname for her was “Daididau.” Distant cousins and teenage sweethearts, they had been married off to other people by their parents, as was customary in their day. Only after they both became widowed at a young age were they able to build a life together.
This young poet, Magzhan Zhumabayev, dearly loved his homeland. At the time of his birth in 1893, Kazakhstan was being ruled by the Russian Czar .... The Kazakh people, however, aspired to self-governance."
In the article, the writer Elisabeth Khan refers to a performance of Daididau. Here is the video.
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