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Two mullahs and a peasant

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

The following story comes from Poppe’s Tatar Manual: Борын-борын заманда ике мулла белән бер мужик юлга чыкканнар. Барганнар-барганнар да туктаганнар болар бер кунаклыкка, туктагач, ботка пешергәннәр. Ботканың уртасын чокырайтып, күп итеп май салганнар. Ашарга утыргач, муллаларның берсе, кашыгын алган да: — Дип-шәригать юлы менә бола-а-а-й килә, — дип, ботка уртасындагы майны үз ягына агызып җибәргән. [...]

Chatigan

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

In the introduction to their Italian translation of the Manas epic (Manas: L’epopea del poplo della steppa, Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori, 1997), Arnaldo Alberti and Begaim Nasserdinova contrast the Kyrgyz recitation of epic with that of other Turks by noting that the Tatars accompany recitation with a chatigan, a sort of zither. Their source here is [...]