Wright: Iran Collection: Sāz o naghareh

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Description: Wedding music first for the women’s scarf dances, then there’s a short piece for men’s tarkah bāzi – then women’s dancing again. Note people letting off celebratory gunshots in the background. This recording goes with one of the super 8 films.
 
Created: 2011-11-09 16:27
Collection: World Oral Literature Project Collections
Publisher: University of Cambridge
Copyright: Susan Wright
Keywords: Oral Literature; Oral Tradition; Linguistic Anthropology; Iran; Lur; Folk stories; Music; Rituals; Tribal life; Song;
 
Abstract: Materials collected during field research for a D.Phil (Oxford University) in Iran in 1974 and 1975/6, and during short return visits in 1992, 1995, 1996. Audio recordings include: folk stories, music and songs, rituals, people’s own historical recollections.
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