CT27B – Kabardians: In Their Own Words! PART B

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!

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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