Ashik
An Ashik is a traveling bard, in Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia, and Iran. They sing and play the saz, a form of lute. The songs are made up on the spot around common ideas.
The Ashik tradition started with the Shamanistic beliefs of ancient Turkic peoples. [1] The ancient ashiks were called by many names. Some names were bakhshi (Baxşı), dede (dədə), and uzan or ozan. They helped keep oral tradition, helped make a shared value system and kept the culture of their people.
In September 2009, Azerbaijan’s ashik art was added to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists.[2] The word Ashik comes from the Arabic word Asheq. It means the "one who is in love".
Ashik Media
Soviet stamp from 1962 devoted to Armenian ashug Sayat-Nova's 250 anniversary.
Ashik Ağalar Mikayılov playing the saz.
An ashik performance in Tabriz
Medieval Armenian gusan in Ani
Image of Nahapet Kuchak on stone
Naghash Hovnatan, Armenian ashugh from Goghtn credited with the shift from Armenian medieval lyric poetry to the new Armenian minstrel school
Oil on canvas portrait of Sayat-Nova by Eduard Isabekyan (1964).
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References
- ↑ "ashik,shaman" - DASTAN GENRE IN CENTRAL ASIA; European University Institute, Florence, Italy (retrieved 10 August 2006).
- ↑ Today.az. Azerbaijan’s ashug art included into UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage. 01 October 2009
