Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: RSS
Today’s double episode [re-release of episode 27A & 27B] is truly a tour de force. In this our second installment of “In Their Own Words,” our good friends Tembulat & Zalina take us on a deep dive into the very heart of Circassian / Kabardian culture. Not only musicians, this couple also hand makes instruments and knives. They provided so much rich content we were forced to split the episode into two. Get ready for profound cultural insights, wonderful live music, sober admissions, and some good laughs on episode 103 of CaucasTalk!
Links for Episode 103
XX Century Circassian War Songs by Hagauj Music Project on iTunes
Timestamps
PART A
4:38 – SEGMENT: Sister Cities!
11:13 – Shout out to Marshalltown, IA
15:49 – Andrew’s amazing theory
19:45 – INTERVIEW: Tembulat & Zalina
22:05 – King Kabarda
22:34 – Lake Tambikan
23:30 – Homeschooling and children’s names
26:22 – Elders name the children
30:19 – The difference between Circassian & Russian language
35:54 – Who are the Circassian people?
37:17 – Circassian culture in one word
39:24 – “Khabze”
40:13 – Islam and Circassian culture
41:46 – Christian Kabardians in Mazdoc
45:24 – Love for guests—and hand-motions
PART B
46:52 – “Our soul and our language is the same”
49:56 – Musical presentation: shichup-shina (Circassian fiddle), hazich (wood-clappey thing) 57:44 – LIVE SONG: “Japan War” (feat. Thashloko, a.k.a. Tembulat)
1:03:00 – Choice of this melody
1:03:46 – Islamic zikrs
1:04:26 – “All our history is in songs”
1:05:01 – Learning the Circassian fiddle: A broken tradition
1:06:56 – World trending toward orality
1:07:57 – Purchase information on iTunes
1:09:09 – Album: Hagauj Project
1:10:04 – State of Circassian culture today: Sovietic
