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Wedding costume of a young woman from a wealthy Kazan Tatar family, mid-19th century. Fully reconstructed by the project İSTƏLEK based on Karl Huhn’s 1863 watercolor “Tatar Women.”

🪗🪕 Uyın qoralları – Musical instruments 🪈 quray – reed flute qubız – jaw harp ğarmun – accordion mandolina – mandolin dəf – daf (frame drum) saz – saz (seven-string long-necked lute) sornay – zurna (double reed wind instrument) dumbıra – dombra (two-/three-string long-neck lute) göslə – gusli (string instrument) qıl – string sızğıç – bow (for string instruments)

1. "Awıl uramı. Söyləşü." / "Village street. Conversation." (2022) 2. "İske kelət aldında" / "At the old pantry" (2018) 3. "Közge yul" / "Autumn road" (2009)

It feels like a real privilege to live in the same era as this artist, because his work allows us not just to look at history, but to step inside it. And we’re especially fortunate that people in Tatarstan can visit his exhibitions in person. The rest of us can still follow his journey — discovering new paintings, watching his process, and supporting his art — on his Telegram channel or on Instagram.

"Urmannar arasında. Köz" / "Among the forests. Autumn" (2022)

#tt_newbie Music 🎵 muzıka – music cır – song quşımta – chorus köy, moñ – melody, tune tawış – sound, voice qaytawaz – echo səxnə – stage bişek cırı – lullaby yuğarı nota – high note tübən nota – low note 🎤 cırlaw – to sing tıñlaw – to listen uynaw – to play (an instrument) qabızu – to play (to put on a song) biyü – to dance qul çabu – to clap, applaud 🧑🏼‍🎤 cırçı – singer başqaruçı – artist, performer törkem – band tamaşaçı – audience cır avtorı – songwriter 🎧 qolaqçın – earphones, headphon...

#tt_advanced More conditionals In our first lesson of the new year, to enrich our speech and build more nuanced and complex sentences, I’d like us to dive into further options of expressing conditional mood! ⭕️ Using the modal word ikən (real conditional) The condition may be in the past, present, or future, but the predicate of the result clause refers only to the present or future. Min anı təqdim itəm ikən, dimək, bu eşne alıp bara alırına ışanam. (Waqif Nurullin, “Aqqan su yulın tabar”) ...

The wedding at the groom’s home took place much later. Post-nikax rituals included the preparation of a special room for the newlyweds, the exchange of gifts, and the husband's periodic visits to his wife's home, known as kiyəwləp yörü. The groom’s arrival at the bride’s house (kiyəw alu) was highly significant, as it could mark the first meeting of the newlyweds, particularly in cases where earlier celebrations had been gender-segregated. It was accompanied by customs such as presenting gifts, ...

1. "Söyləşu" / "Conversation" (2002) 2. "Kötüçe" / "Waiting" (2011) 3. "Babaynıñ əkiyətləre" / "Grandfather's tales" (2008)

"Munçadan soñ çəy eçü" / "Tea drinking after the bathhouse" (2017)