Figure 1.-- A HBC reader reports, "At the Opera House was a Traditional Music group dressed in their Uniform and playting a variety of ancient type instruments. Image courtesy of the William Ferguson collection. |
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A HBC reader reports, "At the Opera House was a Traditional Music group dressed in their Uniform and playting a variety of ancient type instruments." the boys in the image here are wearing a felt hat called a Toqi (figure 1). It is decorated in a black and white pattern. The white shirt is called a kurtai mardone. It is made of silk and embroadered around the neck and shoulders. Around the wait is a silk material called a miyonband. There are two colours a red and yellow one and one blue in colour. It is tied around the middle on the right the knot ends hang down as a tail. The band comes to a point on the left side. The trousers are made out of velvet and coloured red. The name for the trousers is sholvor. Footwear would traditionally be a black boot but I think most of the group were wearing black trainers. The horn can be dismantelled into 3 pieces. It is played at weddings. The procession is preceded by the musicians followed by the wedding party. The bride and
groom in front and the respective families behind. The Musicians stand on either side of the reception entrance. The horns make an arch under which the bride and groom pass.
The wedding is not just a family affair but the whole village will turn out. There are big cauldrens at various points in the reception grounds cooking the traditional Tajik rice and meat dish called Plov. This is very feeling and a favourite meal. Everyone dances. Boys girls men women and it is tradition to scatter money over the dancers. Kids usually get these prizes.
A HBC reader reports, "At the Opera House was a Traditional Music group dressed in their Uniform and playting a variety of ancient type instruments." the boys in the image here are wearing a felt hat called a Toqi (figure 1). It is decorated in a black and white pattern. The white shirt is called a kurtai mardone. It is made of silk and embroadered around the neck and shoulders. Around the wait is a silk material called a miyonband. There are two colours a red and yellow one and one blue in colour. It is tied around the middle on the right the knot ends hang down as a tail. The band comes to a point on the left side. The trousers are made out of velvet and coloured red. The name for the trousers is sholvor. Footwear would traditionally be a black boot but I think most of the group were wearing black trainers. T
Tajik children today play both traditional and Western instuments. There are many instruments involved in traditional music. We know very little about these. but have begun to collect information. The boys here are playing long horns called ????? (figure 1). The horn can be dismantelled into three pieces. There are also drums and a variety of string instruments. The instruments continue to be popular in Tajikistn along with Western instrumenbts. It is interesting to note that someboys wear traditional clothes when playing these instruments and ome wear Western clothes. Another observation of note is that is mostly boys who play Tajik traditional instruments. Girls as well as boys play Western instruments.
Traditional music like the horns seen here are played at weddings. The procession is preceded by the musicians followed by the wedding party. The bride and
groom in front and the respective families behind. The Musicians stand on either side of the reception entrance. The horns make an arch under which the bride and groom pass.
The wedding is not just a family affair but the whole village will turn out. There are big cauldrens at various points in the reception grounds cooking the traditional Tajik rice and meat dish called Plov. This is very feeling and a favourite meal. Everyone dances. Boys girls men women and it is tradition to scatter money over the dancers. Kids usually get these prizes.
There are music examination for children attending music classes in a number of schools that teach music. Two of these schools I know. The Tchaikovsky Music School and the
Shahedi Music School. The programme was concluded at the Opera House with the children performed in public the pieces they had been examined on.
In Tajikistan there was a music programme for the street children who were sent there by the authoities. They learnt to play traditional Tajik instruments. They were very proud of what they could do. all were enthusiastic at the lessons. They certainly learnt alot of self esteem through their music. Got photographs of the kids playing their musical instruments.
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