Ashiqs of Azerbaijan information

art of Azerbaijani Ashiqs combines poetry, storytelling, dance, and vocal and instrumental music into traditional performance art. This art is one of the...

association of female ashiqs and poets was established in the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic and it was named Aşıq Pəri Məclisi (lit. 'mejlis of Ashiq Peri')...

kerchief is held." Azerbaijani musical tradition can be traced back to singing bards called Ashiqs, a vocation that survives. Modern Ashiqs play the saz (lute)...

beliefs of ancient Turkic peoples. Ashiqs' songs are semi-improvised around common bases. Azerbaijan's ashiq art was included in the list of Intangible...

music. Since 2009 the art of Azerbaijani Ashiqs has been inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Meykhana is...

nightingale) Ashiqs of Azerbaijan Aqyn Bakshy Dengbêj Gusans Khananda Ishq Ashik Kerib and Ashiq Qarib Epic of Koroghlu Epic of Manas The Color of Pomegranates...

Municipality of Mahates, Bolivar in northern Colombia. Palenque was the first free African town in the Americas, and in 2005 was declared a Masterpiece of the...

Azerbaijani Land Forces. Shabaka (window) – stained glass windows made by national Azerbaijani masters, without glue or nails. Ashiqs of Azerbaijan Jazz-Mugham...

part of the practitioner as integral to the effectiveness of this practice. Thai massage, like Thai traditional medicine (TTM), is a combination of influences...

are performed, i.e. the Purulia Chhau of West Bengal, the Seraikella Chhau of Jharkhand and the Mayurbhanj Chhau of Odisha. The dance ranges from celebrating...

Ashiq Qarib (Azerbaijani: Aşıq Qərib, literally "the wandering ashik") is an anonymous romantic dastan, composed not earlier than the 16—17th centuries...

as Ningyō jōruri (人形浄瑠璃)) is a form of traditional Japanese puppet theatre, founded in Osaka in the beginning of the 17th century, which is still performed...

whichever of the approximately 15 Bantu peoples they are affiliated. In 2003, the oral traditions of the Aka were proclaimed one of the Masterpieces of the...

one of the most important musical instruments of the Mongol people, and is considered a symbol of the nation of Mongolia. The morin khuur is one of the...

(Spanish: Carnaval de Barranquilla) is one of Colombia's most important folkloric celebrations, and one of the biggest carnivals in the world. The carnival...

was selected into the representative list of oral and intangible heritage of humanity at UNESCO. The history of brocade in Nanjing can be traced back to...

Proclamation of Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity was made by the Director-General of UNESCO starting in 2001 to raise awareness of intangible...

Music is an integral part of Mongolian culture. Among the unique contributions of Mongolia to the world's musical culture are the long songs, overtone...

flute). Ashiqs are traveling bards who sing and play the saz, a type of lute. Their songs are partially improvised around a common base. The Ashiq tradition...

Africans who freed themselves from slavery on the Colony of Jamaica and established communities of free black people in the island's mountainous interior...

masks accompanied by narrators and a traditional piphat ensemble. A variation of this genre with female performers is called khon phu ying (โขนผู้หญิง). Khon...

instead of Khmer script. Bokator (Khmer: ល្បុក្កតោ, lbŏkkâtaô [lɓokkatao]) or Kun L'Bokator (គុនល្បុក្កតោ, kun lbŏkkâtaô [kun lɓokkatao], lit. 'the art of pounding...

العراقي, romanized: al-maqām al-ʿIrāqī) is a genre of Arabic maqam music found in Iraq. The roots of modern Iraqi maqam can be traced as far back as the...

oral tradition of the Vedas (Śruti) consists of several pathas, "recitations" or ways of chanting the Vedic mantras. Such traditions of Vedic chant are...

Pirekua (Purépecha) is a song form of the Purépecha (Michoacán, Mexico). The singer of a pirekua, a pirériecha, may be male or female, solo or accompanied...