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Ulfatmo Mamadambarova
Ulfatmo Mamadambarova, in Tajik: Улфатмо Мамадамбарова (10 March 1937, Khorog - 4 May 2024, Khorog) was a Pamirian singer from Gorno-Badakhshan, an autonomous region of Tajikistan, whose contributions to music meant that she was recognised as an Honored Artist of Tajikistan. In 2019, she recorded new material for a compilation of Tajik folksongs. Recordings of her work are part of the Smithsonian's Centre for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. In 2002, she sang and played doira and chang at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, as part of an ensemble performing Badakhshani music alongside Nobovar Tchanorov, Mouborakcho Djoumaev, Zarina Kobilova, Djoumakhon Madjidov, Moussavar Minakov and her husband. Her career included work as the soloist in the ensemble ''Pamir.'' She also performed in a trio with Nuqra Rahmatova and Maisara Dildorova. Music by the Tajik poet Kurbonmamad Shodmonbekov was also in her repertoire. Mamadambarova trained at Khorog's Musical and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khorog
Khorog ( ), also Khorugh ( ) or Kharagh ( ), is the capital of Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan. It is also the capital of the Shughnon District of Gorno-Badakhshan. It has a population of 30,500 (2020 ). Khorog is above sea level in the Pamir Mountains (ancient Mount Imeon) at the confluence of the rivers Gunt, Ghunt and Panj (river), Panj. The city is bounded to the south (Nivodak) and to the north (Tem) by the deltas of the Shakhdara and Gunt, Ghunt, respectively. The two rivers merge in the eastern part of the city flow through the city, dividing it almost evenly until its delta in the Panj, on the border with Afghanistan. Khorog is known for its poplar tree, poplar trees that dominate the flora of the city. History Until the late 19th century, Khorog was in an area disputed between the Emir of Emirate of Bukhara, Bukhara, Shah of Emirate of Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Russian Empire, Russia and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Britain. The Russians emerged the winn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pamiris
The Pamiris are an Eastern Iranian ethnic group, native to Central Asia, living primarily in Tajikistan (Gorno-Badakhshan), Afghanistan ( Badakhshan), Pakistan (Gilgit-Baltistan & Chitral) and China (Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County). They speak a variety of different languages, amongst which languages of the Eastern Iranian Pamir language group stand out. The languages of the Shughni- Rushani group, alongside Wakhi, are the most widely spoken Pamiri languages. History Antiquity Eastern Iranian (mainly Saka (Scythian)), Tocharian, and probably Dardic tribes, as well as pre-Indo-European substrate populations took part in the formation of the Pamiris: in the 7th and 2nd centuries BC the Pamir Mountains were inhabited by tribes known in written sources as the Sakas. They were divided into different groupings and recorded with various names, such as ''Saka Tigraxauda'' ("Saka who wear pointed caps"), Saka Haumavarga ("''Saka who revere'' hauma"), ''Saka Tvaiy Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gorno-Badakhshan
Gorno-Badakhshan, officially the Badakhshan Mountainous Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region in eastern Tajikistan, in the Pamir Mountains. It makes up nearly forty-five percent of the country's land area but only two percent of its population.''Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2008'', State Statistical Committee, Dushanbe, 2008 Name The official English name of the autonomous region is the Badakhshan Mountainous Autonomous Region. The name ''Badakhshan'' (from ; ) is derived from the Sasanian title or . "Gorno-Badakhshan" literally means "mountainous Badakhshan" and is derived from the Russian name of the autonomous region, (literally Gorno-Badakshan autonomous ''oblast''). The Russian abbreviation "GBAO" is also commonly used in English-language publications by national and international bodies such as the government of Tajikistan and the United Nations. History Borders and political authority in the Western Pamir had always been contest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Center For Folklife And Cultural Heritage
The Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage (CFCH) is one of three cultural centers within the Smithsonian Institution in the United States. Its motto is "culture of, by, and for the people", and it aims to encourage understanding and cultural sustainability through research, education, and community engagement. The CFCH contains (numerically) the largest collection in the Smithsonian, but is not fully open to the public.It is open to guest researchers and other visitors by appointment. Its budget comes primarily from grants, trust monies, federal government appropriations, and gifts, with a small percentage coming from the main Smithsonian budget. The center is composed of three distinct units. The Smithsonian Folklife Festival is planned and implemented annually by the Festival staff at the Folklife center. The Smithsonian Folkways Record label comprises a second team working at the center; they produce this non-profit music label with the goal of promoting and supporting the cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smithsonian Folklife Festival
The Smithsonian Folklife Festival, launched in 1967, is an international exhibition of living cultural heritage presented annually in the summer in Washington, D.C. in the United States. It is held on the National Mall for two weeks around the Fourth of July (the U.S. Independence Day) holiday. The Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage produces the Festival. The Festival is free to the public, encouraging cultural exchange. Attracting more than one million visitors yearly, the two-week-long celebration is the largest annual cultural event in the United States capital. Usually divided into programs featuring a nation, region, state or theme, the Festival has featured tradition bearers from more than 90 nations, every region of the United States, scores of ethnic communities, more than 100 American Indian groups, and some 70 different occupations. The Festival generally includes daily and evening programs of music, song, dance, celebratory performance, crafts and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobovar Chanorov
Nobovar Chanorov (, ; born 25 December 1970) is a Pamirian singer of the Shams group. The Shams and Nobovar Chanorov are known as Beatles of Northern Badakhshan. Created in 1995, Shams is today one of the best groups of Rock and Roll in Tajikistan. This group of 7 musicians between 25 and 40 years, originating in Pamir, is the most known group since their first concert in Almaty. A month before the peace agreement of civil war was signed in Tajikistan, the group has returned to Dushanbe. The musicians of the group change regularly and Shams of today is known especially thanks to its singer Nobovar Chanorov and his guitarist Iqbol Zavqibekov. Up to now the group has produced 4 albums. Shams is also known in Afghanistan, in Uzbekistan, in Russia and in Europe. In 2002 he performed at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, as part of an ensemble performing Badakhshani music alongside Ulfatmo Mamadambarova Ulfatmo Mamadambarova, in Tajik: Улфатмо Мамадамбаров� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nuqra Rahmatova
Nuqra Rahmatova () (born January 2, 1942) was a Tajikistani folk singer and dancer of the Soviet Union, Soviet era. Early life Rahmatova was born in the village of Bartang (jamoat), Bartang in the Rushon District of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, and received her early education in the public schools. She began her performing career as an amateur singer and dancer; in 1958 she became a soloist with the Tarona Ensemble and began to dance for the Tajikistan State Philharmonic Society. She studied voice at the Dushanbe Institute of Music from 1963 until 1967, in which year she became a soloist with the Maqomkhoni Ensemble; her teacher at the Institute was Ahmad Bobokulov. Career During her career she sang folk songs from many of the Republics of the Soviet Union, including the Tajik SSR, the Uzbek SSR, the Azeri SSR, and the Russian SSR; she also performed music from Afghanistan and Iran as well as other countries in the Middle East. Her career took her in performance to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudaki
Rudaki (also spelled Rodaki; ; – 940/41) was a poet, singer, and musician who is regarded as the first major poet to write in New Persian. A court poet under the Samanids, he reportedly composed more than 180,000 verses, yet only a small portion of his work has survived, most notably parts of his versification of the '' Kalila wa-Dimna'', a collection of Indian fables. Born in the village of Banoj (located in the present-day Rudak area), the most important part of Rudaki's career was spent at the court of the Samanids. While biographical information connects him to the Samanid ''amir'' (ruler) Nasr II (), he may have already joined the court under the latter's predecessor, Ahmad Samani (). Rudaki's success was largely due to the support of his primary patron, the vizier Abu'l-Fadl al-Bal'ami (died 940), who played an important role in the blooming of New Persian literature in the 10th-century. Following the downfall of Bal'ami in 937, Rudaki's career deteriorated, even ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shashmaqam
Shashmaqom ( ; ; ) is a Central Asian musical genre (typical of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan) which may have developed in the city of Bukhara. Shashmaqam means the six Maqams (modes) in the Persian language, dastgah being the name for Persian modes, and ''maqams'' being the name for modes more generally. It is a refined sort of music, with lyrics derived from Sufi poems about divine love. The instruments of shashmaqоm provide an austere accompaniment to the voices. They consist, at most concerts, of a pair of long-necked lutes ( rawap, tar, tanbur or dutar), the dayra, or frame drum, which, with its jingles, is very much like a tambourine, and the sato, or bowed tanbur. History In the first half of the 20th century in Uzbekistan, Abdul Rauf Fitrad, member of the Jadid, was particularly interested in shashmaqam, the traditional music of the Court. In 1927, he wrote a book called ''Ozbek klasik Muzikasi va uning Tarikhi'' (Uzbek classical music and its history), in which he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
