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ATANOVA Lyudmila Petrovna
ATANOVA Lyudmila Petrovna [21.2.1920, Selo Chebotaryovo of Usergansky Canton of the ASBR (Kuvandyksky Raion of Orenburg Obl.) – 6.1.1994, Ufa], Musicologist, Folklorist. Candidate of Sciences (History of Arts) (1970). Merited Artist of the RF (1992) and BASSR (1964). Participant in the Great Patriotic...
AVIZHANSKAYA Sofiya Aleksandrovna
AVIZHANSKAYA Sofiya Aleksandrovna (5.12.1920–20.1.2014), folklorist, ethnographer, museologist. Candidate of Philology (1946). Her research is devoted to the history of the State Ethnography Museum of the Peoples of the USSR, the study of ethnography and folklore of the peoples of the Volga region and...
AYTYSH
AYTYSH is a Bashkir folklore genre, a dia logue contest of art word masters to perform a poetic or less often prose improvisation. It usually has dumbyra accompaniment at ethnic celebrations or meetings. Many A. are allegorical. A. poetic form can be observed in many ku bairs, g. dialogues of Narkes...
AZAMAT
“AZAMAT” is a Bashkir ethnic song, uzunkuy. The singing by S.S. Kulibaeva was first registered by M.K. Khismatullin in 1937 in the Temyasovo village of Baymakskiy District of BASSR. It was published in “Bash kort khalk yirdary”. The song is lyrical. It first appeared during the period of the canton...
AZAMATOV‑KANTON
“AZAMATOV‑KANTON”, “M i r k h a y k a n t o n”, is a Bashkir ethnic song, uzunkuy. The legend and poems were first registered in the 1920’s by S. Salimov and published in “Bashkort aymagy” (1929, № 7). The song is lyroepic. According to legend, the song was written as a dying wish of Mirkhaydar Azamatov,...
AZERI ETHNIC CULTURAL CENTER
AZERI ETHNIC CULTURAL CENTER of RB, an NGO established in Ufa in 2001. The center has organized photo exhibitions dedicated to Azeri ethnic costumes, history, architecture, and civil engineering in Baku (2009–2012), a travelling exhibition of ancientAzeri tableware (2012). Participated in the 2nd...
AZHDAKHA
AZHDAKHA is an evil demon that looked like a multiheaded firebreathing dragon, according to Bashkir mythology. He is one of the fairytale characters, such as “Akhmetbatyr and Khudaybirdebatyr”, “Yeget defeating mil lenial azhdakha” and etc. His origin is connected with the Iranian mythological...
AZRAKA
AZRAKA (from Arabic – scoundrel, deceiver, sworn enemy) is an evil demon in Bashkir mythology. The character appears in “Ural batyr” epic. He is the tsar diyu of the underwater and underground worlds, the owner of the Yanshima magical spring (literally – living spring). Azraka seeks to get Khumay bird,...