Turkish Folk Music Instruments
Turkey has a wide diversity of musical instruments, some of which have existed there for over a thousand years while others have been imported in our own times. Ancient instruments...
Listening To Turkish Music
When listening to a “new” type of music for the first time, it is sometimes difficult to be able to hear the context of the different musical sounds. Sometimes it...
On Turkish Music
Islam and music Some orientations within Islam have a restrictive view on music that is performed solely for pleasure. Music is seen as a strong way to affect people and...
The Master Hands Of Jazz Are In Istanbul
THE 26TH ISTANBUL JAZZ FESTIVAL THE MASTER HANDS OF JAZZ ARE IN ISTANBUL - 29 June – 18 July 2019 Organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV)...
The Afro-Cuban Medina
“I Insist,” Léopold Sédar Senghor, Senegal’s first president said in a speech, “that the poem is perfect only when it becomes a song: words and music at once.” A poet...
The Map Of India’s Folk Music Instruments
India’s folk arts, music is deepness. Meraki has researched and created a lovely folk map of India that as Tikabasamuzik I had to take it into recognition. Tribal and folk music is not taught in the same way that Indian classical music is taught. I loved it.
What we need to do for the strategical growth in Tourism
We live in a world in which uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity dominate, and in which small chance events can have a large and unpredictable impact on outcomes. In such circumstances,...
30 Years of Strolling Through Istanbul
It was thirty years ago that we dwelt on to her surprises. The city that has been founded on legends and has been on the radar of all poets, artists...
ASTRO-ATLANTIC HYPNOTICA FROM THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS
This is the story of how immigration from the Cape Verde Islands to Europe, propelled by despondence and upheaval at home, gave us an alternate history of electronic music, which...
Heritage of Dede Qorqud/Korkyt Ata/Dede Korkut, epic culture, folk tales and music
The epic culture, folk tales and music of Dede Qorqud/Korkyt Ata/Dede Korkut are based on twelve heroic legends, stories and tales and thirteen traditional musical compositions shared and transmitted across...