Wednesday, 5 June 2013

Torkaman - Music from Iranian Turkmenistan - Cassette published in Iran (early 1990s)


Chaharomin Djashnvareh Mousiqi Fajr 
(4. Fajr Music Festival) - Vol. 12

Torkaman
performed by:
Grouhe (ensemble) Azad Mahali

Turkmen music from the Iranian part of Turkmenistan. This cassette contains music of Bakhshis (bards) accompanying themselves on Dutar and accompanied on Gidjak, a spike fiddle called in Iran and Azerbaijan Kamancheh.

"Turkmen in Iran and Afghanistan:
Turkmen in Iran and Afghanistan remain very conservative in comparison to their brethren in Turkmenistan. Islam plays a much more prominent role in Iran and Afghanistan where Turkmen follow many traditional Islamic practices that many Turkmen in Turkmenistan have abandoned as a result of decades of Soviet rule. In addition, many Turkmen in Iran and Afghanistan have remained at least semi-nomadic and traditionally work in agriculture/animal husbandry and the production of carpets In Iran about 2 000,000 Turkmen are primarily concentrated in the provinces of Golestan and North Khorasan."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkmen_people

"The Turkmens reside in the north of the (Iranian) province Golestan, a plain called Turkmen Sahra. This former nomadic people live in this area from 15th century, main cities of which are Gonbad-e Kavus and Bandar Torkaman." 

Here some more Turkmen music from the former Soviet Union:
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4 comments:

  1. LolaRadio6 June 2013 at 00:44

    thanks ewfiq,
    looks really interesting!

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  2. Janas6 June 2013 at 09:04

    Thank you!

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  3. David12 June 2013 at 00:25

    Tawfiq - I've been away too long! Wonderful to find a Turkmen cassette waiting for me! Thank you so much.

    In case you haven't found Hammer's Audiotopia blog before, may I recommend his massive compilations of Sudanese music here and here to you & your readers - - magnificent compilations, magnificent music! It's not quite your core material but I'm sure you'll find plenty to enjoy!

    Cheers, David

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  4. cantal17 March 2015 at 18:19

    Many many thanks for all the work you put into this massive blog. I've been listening to oriental musics for the last 40 years but I still discover new artists (to me); it looks endless.
    And other followers give us such good other blogs to visit that I can spend the rest of my life with you !

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