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“THE ROUTE”, Bashkir ethnic naigrysh melody. First registered by L.N. Lebedinskiy in 1939 from K. Akhmetzyanov in Beloretsk District, published in “Bashkort khalk yirdary”. The melody resembles a dance-march. The origins of “M.” is connected with military service of the Bashkirs in the 18-19th centuries....

“THE SAZ-RIVER”, “B a n k s  o f  t h e  C h i z h   r i v e r”, “De v a s t a t i o n”, Bashkir ethnic song, uzun-kuy. First registered by A. Yarmikhametov in 1925 in Dengizbayevo village, Samarskaya region. It is published in the “Bashkort aymagy” collection (1929, №7). The song is dramatic. “S.­r.”...

THEATER AND FOLKLORE. Initial forms of theatre were observed in the 6–8 c. in Bashkortostan as a part of rituals, ethnic games, holidays, round dances. The origin and development of theatre is connected with oral ethnic art. Magical actions of Bashkirs and other people of Bashkortostan included theatrical...

TONGUE-TWISTER is a folklore genre, rhythmized prose or poetic piece of art based on a combination of the sounds, words, phrases which are difficult to pronounce to improve children's speech. T. represents real events of everyday routine; the content is often humorous. Each text is strictly ethnic and...

TOTEMISM is a traditional belief based on the idea that there is a supernatural kinship between a human and his so-called totem: an animal, a plant, less often a natural phenomenon or an inanimate object. The members of a clan or a clan unit, as a rule, were prohibited to hunt the totemic birds or animals,...

TRANSLATIONS OF FOLKLORE TEXTS. The history of folklore identifies Bashkir epic monuments translated into the Russian language: “Kuz-Kurpyach” translated by T.S. Belyayev (1812), “Bashkir mermaid” (“Zayatulyak and Khyukhyku”) in the authors interpretation by V.V. Dal (1843); “Bashkir ethnic fairytales”...

TRINITY is one of the main Christian holidays honoring God in His three images – Father, Son and the Holy Spirit. The day was to memorize the descent of the Holy Spirit to the apostles, it is held on the 50th day after Easter. It is celebrated either for 1 day (On Sunday) or for 3 days (from Sunday...

TSVETAEVA LITERARY, HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CENTER, public organization, branch of the House of Peoples’ Friendship. It was created in 1998 in the village Usen-Ivanovskoye in Belebeyevsky district of the RB in order to safeguard and revive the cultural heritage, folklore, and traditional forms of life...

“TUKHVAT-KANTОN”, is a Bashkir ethnic song, uzun-kuy. First registered in 1931 in Gaitovo village, Uralskaya District by Z.S. Shakirov from I. Iskandarov. The lyrics were published in the “Bashkir ethnic art” collection (1st v., 1954), the lyrics with the notes were published in the “Songs of my people”...

TULGAU is an improvisation song consisting of tirades. Etymologically it comes from the notions “to sing” (from Yakut – “dolgokhut”) and “to think/to ponder” (from Chuvash – “tulak” – thinking). T. contains thoughts, philosophical and ethical judgements of sesen T. existed among the Turkic tribes before...

TULPAR is a winged horse in Bashkir mythology. It is the character from fairytales (“Alpamysha-batyr”, “Almabatyr and Almabike”, “Taz-batyr” etc.) and epics (“Aldar and Zukhra”, “Kuziykurpyas and Mayankhylu”, “Koblan-batyr” etc.). Akbuzat is the ancestor of T. According to legend, “The first destriers-tulpars”...

“TUYALYAS”, is a Bashkir ethnic song, uzun‑kuy. First registered by G.Z. Suleymanov in 1931 in the 1st Turkmenevo village, Baymak-Tanalykskiy District, BASSR (Baymakskiy District, RB). It is published in “Bashkort khalk yirdary” by K.F. Akhmetov. According to the legend registered from K.M. Diyarov,...

TUYKIN Fazyl Karimovich (10.6.1887– 15.2.1938), writer, folklorist. T. recorded ethnic songs, incl. “Lyubizar”. Compiler of the collections “Constellation of Songs” (1912) and “Collection of Songs” (1914), which are among the first systematic collections of Bashkir and Tatar songs....

TYPOLOGY OF FOLKLORE is a regular universal repeatability caused by a number of factors and receiving different (typological) expressions, which is expanded over all the spheres of folklore art; is a set of features determining the repeatability and its kind (according to B.N. Putilov). Typological...