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• Introduction
Folklore is a part of the spiritual heritage of humanity and a powerful means of cultural independency and integrity of different peoples. It is also a base to create and develop independent art, professional art and literature, formulate ethnic self-awareness. According to the definition of governmental...
• Learning Bashkortostan folklore history
Folklore studies include three approaches: 1) to collect and systematize the works of ethnic art, 2) to process it scientifically and give back to its creator by publishing it, 3)scientific research on oral, song, musical (instrumental), choreographic, drama and other kinds of collective art works.
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To the reader
The territory of the Bashkortostan republic is the place where besides the native people - Bashkirs, more than 100 peoples of different nationalities live. They settled here in different times, but managed to preserve the folklore of their ancestors and add new local features to it. The most significant...
A THIN ROPE
“A THIN ROPE”, is a mass ethnic dance of the Eastern Mari people. The dance appeared in times of paganism. It is considered to be a ritual dance. It is common for all Eastern Mari. It is a bright original dance with its own per forming style. People used to dance in bast shoes with small bells attached...
ABDRAKHMAN‑KANTON
“ABDRAKHMAN‑KANTON”, is a Bashkir ethnic song, uzun‑kuy. The legend and variants of the song were written first by S.G. Rybakov in Orskiy Disctrisct (Yulukovo village, Sultan skiy gold mine, in the Rameyevy neighbourhood of Kuseyevo village, the summer pasture near the Kyltaban lake), and published...
ABDULLA‑AKHUN
“ABDULLA‑AKHUN”, is a Bashkir ethnic song, khalmakkuy. The singing by A. Kurbangalin was first registered in the 1930’s in the Tuygun Yalan village of Katayskiy District in Chelyabinskaya region, and published by the composer A.S. Klyucharyev in “Tatar ethnic songs” (Kazan, 1941). The song is lyroepic....
ABUKAYEVA Lyubov Alekseevna
ABUKAYEVA Lyubov Alekseevna (b. 25.12. 1969), linguist. Doctor of Philology (2005). Her research is devoted to Mari linguistics and folklore (study of prohibitions, ceremonial ethnic songs and chastushkas), etc. Author of more than 130 research papers. Compiler of the collection “Songs of the Eastern...
ACADEMICAL CENTER
ACADEMICAL CENTER of National Commissariat of education of BASSR was founded in 1922 in Ufa to manage education and culture development in the republic. It was abolished in the early 1930’s. A.c. included at dif ferent times scientific metho dological (Bashkir, Russian, of ethnic minorities), terminolo...
AFANASYEVA Lira Arkadyevna
AFANASYEVA Lira Arkadyevna (b. 20.3. 1974, Vasilyevka village, Ishimbayskiy district, BASSR), folklorist. Candidate of Philology (2009). She graduated from Chuvash state university n.a. I.N. Ulyanov (Cheboksary, 1996) and started working in the Sterlitamak branch of BSU. Her main scientific activity...
AGIDEL
“AGIDEL” a f o l k d a n c e e n s e m b l e o f t h e N e f t e k h i m i k L e i s u r e a n d C r e a t i v i t y C e n t r e i n S a l a v a t. Founded in 1962. In 1965, received the “people’s” title. Since 2013 – Honored Folk Collective of the RF. The reper toire consists...
AGRICULTURAL RITUALS
AGRICULTURAL RITUALS are traditional ceremonies timed to agricultural labor. Conditionally, A.r. can be divided into 2 groups: the first is linked to preparation and sowing (spring and summer periods), the second – with growing and collecting harvest (summer, autumn). Similar A.r. were common for...
AKBUZAT
“AKBUZAT”, a monumental epic work of Bashkir literature. The UralBatyr epic sequel. Written in a combined poetic and prosaic form. Recorded in Derevnya Babalar of Orenb. Uyezd of the namesake guberniya in 1917 by M.A. Burangulov as heard from Gatiatulla Bikkuzhin, storyteller. Main theme – the batyr...
AKBUZAT
“AKBUZAT”, is a rock-opera by S.S. Chek ryzhov. It consists of two acts based on the Bashkir epos “Akbuzat”. It was written in 2016. The premiere was on October 15, 2016 at the Russian academic drama theater of RB (A.A. Kortnev – libretto author, O.N. Tyakmin – music director, M.I. Rabinovich – director,...
AKBUZAT
“AKBUZAT”, opera by Kh.Sh.Zaimov and A.E.Spadavecchia in 3 acts with a prologue based on Bashkir epic Akbuzat. Written in 1942. The premiere took place on November 7th, 1942 on the stage of the Opera and Ballet Theatre (libretto by S.M. Miftakhov, conductor – P.M. Slavinsky, stage directors – B.G. Imashev...
AKBUZAT
AKBUZAT (literally “a grey horse”) is a destrier, the ancestor of tulpars in Bashkir mythology. It appears in the epics, such as “Uralbatyr”,“Akbuzat” and some fairytales (“Uralbatyr”, “Zaynulla and Krasata” etc.) It was born in the sky, can live both on the earth and under the water, it does not...
AKHMETOV Khusain Fayzullayevich
AKHMETOV Khusain Fayzullayevich (6.1.1914–8.1.1993), composer, musical and public figure. One of the region’s first professional composers. In his works, he developed the traditions of Bashkir folk music using the peculiarities of uzunkyuy. Among his works is the ballet “Mountain Eagle” (coauthored),...
AKHMETSHIN Boris Gayseyevich
AKHMETSHIN Boris Gayseyevich (b. 22.1. 1938), folklorist. Doctor of Philology (1998), Professor (1998). His research is devoted to the folklore of mining areas in the Southern Urals, non-fairytale folk prose. Author of approx. 400 research papers. One of the translators (into Russian) of Bashkir fables,...
AKHMETZHANOVA Nelli Vasilyevna
AKHMETZHANOVA Nelli Vasilyevna (b. 8.6.1946), musicologist, folklorist, teacher. Candidate of Art History (1991), Professor (1999). Her research is devoted to the peculiarities of genres of Bashkir instrumental folk music as well as the works of Bashkir composers and performers. Between 1970 and...
AKKHAK-KOLA
“AKKHAK-KOLA”, is a monument of Bashkir literature, epos. First written down by M.A. Burangulov in 1907 in the Ilyaskino village of Buzulukskiy District of Samarskaya region (now the Verkhneilyasovo village of Krasnogvardeyskiy District of Orenburgskiy region) from Khasan Burangulov. The variants of...
AKMECHET
“AKMECHET”, is bashkir ethnic instru mental march. It was first registered on a pho nograph by L.N. Lebedinskiy in 1939 from Ishgali Dilmukhametov. It is published in “Bashkort khalk yirdary”. The story of “A.” creation is connected with a military campaign in 1853 to the AkMechet Kokand fortress...
