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“NIGHTINGALE” (“Handugas”), Bashkir ethnic  song,  uzun-kyuy.  First  recorded  by A.A.  Eichenwald  in  1928,  published  in  the “Bashkort Khalk Yirdary” digest in the record by K.Yu. Rakhimov. Lyric song. N. glorifies the beauty of the Bashk. region. The virtuosity of the melody combined with the...

NUGUSH is the character from the “Ural-batyr” epic, the second son of Ural-batyr. N. is very strong and valorous from early childhood. When diyu attack their country and flood it, 6-year-old batyr makes a boat and saves his people from the flood; he destroys all the snakes including Zarkum. Having received...

NEW FIRE is an Udmurt ritual that took place during the period of preparations and celebration of the Great day. On the calendar New Year’s Eve people used to extinguish the “old” fire in the houses, to commemorate the dead (the Wednesday of the first week was considered to be the day before the dead...

NIGMAT KHAKIM (real name Khakimov Nigmatulla Giniyatullovich; 29.12.1889 – 3.8.1937), turkologist, poet. His research is devoted to the development of the Turkic languages and grammar of the Tatar language. Author of more than 50 research papers. Recorded one of the versions of the epic “Idegey” (see...

NECHVALODA Elena Yevgenyevna (b. 4.8.1968), ethnographer. Candidate of History (1998). Her research papers are devoted to decorative and applied arts and crafts of Bashkirs, the traditional clothing of the peoples of the Volga-Ural region, as well as song folklore, mythical stories, and ethnography...

NON‑FAIRYTALE ETHNIC PROSE. It is represented by bylichkas, lore, stories-memories and other folklore genres. Motifs of Bashkir folklore were partly borrowed by Russian tellers and storytellers of other RB peoples who had moved to the territory in the 18–19th c. The popular plots are – protests against...

NATIONAL ORCHESTRA OF FOLK INSTRUMENTS OF THE RB. It was created in 2001 at the Bashkir Philharmonia. The founder, the 1st Dir. and the Artistic Managing Dir. was R.M.Gayzullin, the Merited Artist of the RF and the People’s Artist of the RB. The first concert took place on October 1st, 2001. The works...

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF RB. Located in Ufa. Founded in 1864. There are branches in Dyurtyuli, Tuymazy, Ufa, Uchaly cities and Abzelilovskiy, Baymakskiy, Belebeyevskiy, Ishimbayskiy. Salavatskiy districts. The museum consists of archeology, ethnography, local history, living nature departments, 34 expositional...

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PARTS OF FOLKLORE. National image of people is formed by common territory, language, agriculture, peculiarities of culture and national character. It is clearly represented by folklore as a part of culture. The republic of Bashkortostan is the home of representatives of more...

NAURUZ is a common for Turkic-speaking and Iranian-speaking peoples’ celebration dedicated to the New Year according to the sun calendar. It started on March 21, the day of spring equinox and lasted for 3-7 days (other sources suggest it lasted up to the end of the nauruz month). The place for celebration,...

NASIKHAT (from Arabic - instruction, in Bashkir ethnic pedagogy, it is a didactic saying aimed to create a proper attitude in person to the external and internal world, to transfer moral norms, etc. Its idea is close to benevolence. As a rule, N. is transmitted by a person from the elder generation...

NASIBULLIN Rif Shakrislamovich (b. 15.10.1936), linguist, translator. Doctor of Philology (1999), Professor (2000). His research is devoted to Udmurt dialectology, linguistic geography, historical lexicology, and translation of folklore works, etc. Author of more than 300 research papers. N. collected...

“NARSPI”, Chuvash folklore and ethnographic ensemble of the center of culture and folk-art of Ufa. Established in 1986 at Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography; in 1987 it became S. Ordzhonikidze Palace of Culture; it has had its current status since 2001. In 1991 it was titled “People’s.” The repertoire...

NARDUGAN is a traditional holiday connected with the beginning of a new calendar year (See Christmas). It was celebrated twice a year. Winter N. (December 25 - February 5) marked  the  beginning  of  increasing  daylight and coincided the coldest days. On the first day children used to visit their neighbors...

NAKI ISANBET (real name Zakirov Naki Sirazetdinovich; 29.12.1899–15.9.1992), writer, linguist, folklorist. Author and compiler of the “Tatar Folk Proverbs” (1959–67), “Tatar Folk Riddles” (1970), “Children’s Folklore” (1984). Author of plays based on the epic “Zayatulyak and Khyuhylu”, I. recorded versions...

NADRSHINA Fanuza Aitbayevna (b. 7.2.1936, Derevnya Staro-Muradymovo of Aurgazinsky Raion of the BASSR, now Derevnya Muradym of the same raion of the RB). Merited Member of the AS RB (2016). Dr.Sci (Philology, 1998). Merited Scientist of the RB (2000). Laureate of the BASSR Award named after Salavat...

“NADEZHDA”, a patchwork club. It was established in 2000 at Ural gallery of the center of folk-art on the initiative of the patchwork artist M.K. Zhmur. In 2003 it earned the title “People’s“; in 2017 it became an honored folk-art team of RB. The works of members of N. were exhibited in China, Syria,...

NAGAYEVA Lydiya Islmovna (b. 24.4.1938), dancer, director of folk dances. Candidate of History (1978). Performer of jokey and lyrical dances “Troublemakers”, “Gift”, “Friendship”, “Seven Girls”, etc, as well as dances of the peoples of the world. Her research is devoted to Bashkir ethnic dances, traditional...

NIGHTINGALE (Handugas), the Bashk. folk song, uzun­kyuy. First recorded by A.A. Eikhenwald in 1928, published in the Bashkort Khalk Yirdary digest in the record by K .Y u.Rakhimov. Lyric song. N. glorifies the beauty of the Bashk. region. The virtuosity of the melody combined with the poetic character...

NATIVITY OF JESUS CHRIST, one of the main Christian holidays in honour of the birth of Jesus Christ. Celebrated on January, 7th (December, 25th in the Julian calendar). Marks the end of a 40‑day fast. Religious services are held on the night of Nativity of Jesus Christ. The beginning of the Nativity...