GOOD WISHING FORMULAE -ALGYSHLA IN KARACHAY-BALKAR FOLKLORE

The report is devoted to one of the most popular genres of Karachay-Balkar oral poetry – good wishing formula algysh. Texts of algyshes reflect religious ideas, everyday life and culture of their creators. Ancient people believed in the strength of the word to such a degree that they began every business even small and quite insignificant one with algysh, that is why good wishing formulae became an essential part of their everyday life. They were of an improvisational character due to this reason they existed in many variants. One of the main functions of algysh is wishing absolute good to the person they are addressed. Most algyshes textually ？programm？ wealthy, ideal future of a certain person or the whole community