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Today’s double episode 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 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 27—parts A and B—of CaucasTalk!
Links for Episode 27
The CaucasTalk Adventure! www.BeyondRedSquare.com/podcast
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
Ironic: listening to your discussion of sister cities in Iowa. Just last week my family was in both Des Moines and Muscatine and very close to Marshalltown on vacation. Granted I did. It sense a connection with the North Caucasus region while in those places, but I find the timing of your podcast and our visit to Iowa quite ironic. And the town is pronounced (“Musk-a-teen”):).
What are the odds of this! Rick, maybe you can be the honorary CaucasTalk sister city liaison for all the Muscatine’s in the US….. 🙂