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OMFO and ORPHOLOGIST on guard armed with tulips and backed by The Great Sky and The Sun.

New upload by Orphologist.

The Orphologist channel on You Tube is dedicated to traditional music presented within the frame work of Window to Europe (link), a small foundation based in Amstedam. Here you find many unique materials from research trips, concert programs and other related items.
 

First web radio of the Siberian Republic of Tuva. A unique opportunity to listen  to the traditional and pop music of the region.  Listen!

 

The last music cassettes kiosk on the market of Kyzyl, capital of Tuva, spring 2012. Photo by Orphologist

Feherlofia (Son of the White Mare)

During Shamanism program in Zaal 100 on April 26 Primitive Equations will show some edited material from animation films based on shamanistic myths. PEQ will create its own new soundtrack live for those edits.
One of the films we have chosen is "Fehérlófia" or "Son Of The White Mare", animation film from 1981 by a Hungarian Marcell Jankovics. Based on the work of László Arany and ancient Hunnic and Avaric legends, Fehérlófia is a tribute to the old steppe peoples. 

This amazing animation tells a story surreal and magical, yet full of archetypal symbolism and built in accordance with mytho-logic.

 
Here you can watch the original film with an original soundtrack. Prees CC button for English translation captions.
Feherlofia 

Read more details about the film and its director here:
http://networkawesome.com/show/movie-feherlofia-1981/  

SHAMANISM program by Primitive Equations

SHAMANISM
SOUND-VISION-ACTION 

April 26, 2013, from 17:00, Zaal 100 De Wittenstraat 100, Amsterdam  

Primitive Equations cordially invite you to take part in our special event dedicated to phenomenon of Shamanism. Our program includes:
17.00 - Screening of films and footage from Soviet and Russian documentaries on Shamanic practices of Siberian people.
18.00 - Vegetarian meal at the restaurant of Zaal 100.
20.00 - Meeting with shaman Lyudmila Oyun from Tuva who will conduct a blessing ceremony
21.00 - Audio visual session with ultra rare mix of shamanic animation films and electro-acoustic performance of Primitive Equations
22.30 - Primitive Equations DJ set with exotic extravaganza from around the world.

Lyudmila Oyun is a hereditary shaman woman from Tuva, South Siberia, Russia. This small isolated country near the border with Mongolia is famous for its ancient living  tradition of shamanism, that survived repressions during the times of communism. Tuvan shamanism was studied thoroughly by numerous ethnologists and anthropologists, including Sevyan Vainstein. Lyudmila Oyun lives in Kyzyl, capital of Tuva. She is a practicing shaman and healer. 

< Detail of Lyudmila's costume

Primitive Equations (PEQ) is an ethnographic audio-visual art duo from Amsterdam. German Popov (OMFO) and Maxim Chapochnikov (Dr. Goldfinger) collect and work with anthropological and ethnographic materials such as image, sound and artefact and use them as a source for research performance. They frequently collaborate with the musicians of various diaspora. PEQ is a lab where the archetypes of modern music and popular culture get explored.
For this special evening Primitive Equations will open up its treasure box of collected sound and visual materials, musical instruments and ecstatic techniques to undertake a transforming action.

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Entrance fee 8 Euro
Meal 8 Euro
Reservation desirable through primitivequations@gmail.com  

PRIMITIVE EQUATIONS are invited by LiteSide festival to present the CHAIKHANA and conduct the following activities on the subject of Silk Road and its cultural legacy:

30.06.2012 location: Toko MC, Kleine Studio, Westergasterrein, Amsterdam

15.00 – 19.00 Chaikhana experience.
'Chaikhana' is the ancient teahouse along the legendary Silk Road that ran between Europe via Central Asia to China.
Stop your caravan, unload your mind from daily obligations and pop in to relax over cup of tea. Immerse in the atmosphere of Central Asian music and imagery and experience the timeless futurism of Central Asian civilization.
...........................free entrance..............................................

19.00 – 20.30 Central Asian cinema. TAKHIR AND ZUKHRA. Uzbekfilm 1946.1 h 24 min. Directed by : Nabi GANIEV (Наби ГАНИЕB) 

Based on the Uzbek story similar to Romeo and Juliet, Takhir and Zukhra are childhood sweethearts brought up together at the royal court, only to be torn apart as teenagers when Takhir is banished from the kingdom. Shot in shimmering black-and-white by Daniil Demutsky, the great cinematographer who also shot Dovzhenko's Arsenal and Earth, with eye-filling sets and costumes, TAKHIR AND ZUKHRA is a feast for the eyes and ears, with the magicaly beautiful Gulyam Aglayev and Yuldus Rysayeva as the enchanted lovers (it's hard to say who's prettier, Takhir or Zukhra) and Bollywood - style musical interludes in the bargain. Voice translation in Dutch.
.............................free entrance......................................



21.30 - 22.30 OMFO live concert with Jamil Al-Assadi, Latif Alobaidi, Fay Lovsky.

..........................entrance 13.50 Euro......................................

22.30 - 03.00 Primitive Equations DJ session with music and video's from Central Asia and Middle East.
.............................free entrance......................................

In the ger (Mongolian tent):

15.30 - 16.30 Chinese Tea tasting with the tea master Amanda Yiu from
Formocha Premium Tea
www.formocha.nl
..........................entrance 13.50 Euro......................................

01.07.2012

In Toko MC
13.00 - 19.00 Primitive Equations DJ session with music and video's from Central Asia and Middle East.
.............................free entrance......................................


In the ger (Mongolian tent):

17.00 - 18.00 Chinese Tea tasting with a tea master Amanda Yiu from
Formocha Premium Tea
www.formocha.nl
..........................entrance 13.50 Euro......................................


See full program and information on the LiteSide Festival at www.liteside.nl

Dr. Goldfinger set @ Wassermusik, Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt, Berlin 2011

Шагаа биле! Shagaa, Tsagaan Sar, Losar

Primitive Equations (PEQ) continue research of the New Year rites and rituals from around the world. The lunisolar Tibetan calendar, adopted by Mongols and Tuvans marks the beginning of the New Water Dragon Year on February 22, 2012.

On this auspicious occasion you are all cordially invited to mark this day with PEQ. Known as Losar in Tibet, and Tsagaan Sar in Mongolia, Shagaa is a Tuvan New Year - a day when display of hospitality and generosity is a way to welcome renewal and positive change.

Ceremonial and musical blessings will be conducted by our very special guests from the Republic of Tuva (Siberia). PEQ's DJ set will follow with exotic music and videos from around the world. Traditional Tuvan milk tea and rare beverages as well as delicious snacks will cheer your spirit up.
May your thoughts be clean and your future bright!
PEQ's tip: according to a centuries old tradition, greeting the Sun on the New Year's morning can be highly beneficial for you and those around you. Don't miss the sunrise on February 22 at 07:40 CET.

PROGRAM
1. Gathering
2. Altar building (bring your offerings for good fortune!)
3. Shagaa ceremony
4. Live Tuvan music and throat singing
5. PEQ's DJ set

This event is kindly hosted by Club Karlsson
Date: February 22, 2012
Time: 20:00. Please arrive on time (if late ring the bell at Karlsson)
Address: Club Karlsson, Keizersgracht 264, Amsterdam
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Enter the Dragon

Primitive Equations invite you to bestow the Five Blessings of harmony, virtue, riches, fulfillment and longevity, celebrating the arrival of the Year of the Water Dragon - the genius of strength and hidden knowledge, the spirit of change, and the minister of the will of gods.Kindly hosted by Club Karlsson.
Date: January 22, 2012
Time: 20.30, Please arrive on time (if late ring the bell at Karlsson)
Address: Keizersgracht 26, Amsterdam
Dress code: Red


Program:
Tea ceremony: tasting the Ti Kuang Ying (the finest of Chinese oolongs)
Listening to incense: unfolding the shape of fragrance
Enchanted music and videos: sites and sounds of the Dragon
Exotic drinks & snacks

Contribution details and availability of place at primitiveequations@gmail.com.

Please, be sure to reserve!

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Aldyn-Ool Sevek R.I.P.

 http://youtu.be/ihLEmRG7v7I

One of the best singers of Tuva died of cancer. Sept. 2011
He was an absolute master in the kargiraa style of throat singing and also a protector of the Tuvan traditional melody against simplification and sell-out.

East of the Urals: Music of Siberia and Central Asia

Music

Sound Documents of Xinjiang Uighur Muqams 3 CDs + Book

Disc: 1

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Disc: 2

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http://flameupload.com/files/064FQANO/sd2.part4.rar
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Disc: 3

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Mouth Harp festival in Yakutia breaks a record

The tradition of Yakutian khomus-making goes back several thousand years (RIA Novosti / Zhuravlev V.)

Participants of the international festival of Jew's harp music in the Russian city of Yakutsk, 450km south of the Arctic Circle, have set a Guinness World Record, simultaneously playing on no less than 1,344 tiny instruments – the Yakutian khomus.
­Jew’s harp, vargan, khomus – all of these are the names of one of the world’s most ancient musical instruments. In some countries it can be found only in history museums, while in a few parts of the world it has managed to stand the test of time.

They say that the sounds of khomus can lead to the world of spirits, so Siberian shamans have been using khomuses for years during their spiritual rituals, turning the one-off instrument into their trademark music device.

Unlike other kinds of Jew’s harp, the Yakutian khomuses are handmade from steel which is why the sound of the instrument is said to be powerful and resonating.

The tradition of Yakutian khomus-making goes back several thousand years and has been carefully preserved by the artisans.
LINK

Polyphony of the Batwa-pygmies (Rwanda)

It's party time in Caucasus

Shangaan Electro, Limpopo

New Wave Dance Music From South Africa
HONEST JON'S RECORDS
www.honestjons.com


My name is Richard, my stage name is Nozinja, from Nozinja Music Productions. I'm from Giyani in Limpopo.
I'm an engineer, I'm a producer, I'm a composer. It's my record label. I'm the marketing manager. I transport them — I've got a micro-bus. I do everything on my own. I've got manufacturing. I buy CDs, I will silk-screen myself. I sing, too.
I'm a scout for talent. When you look at the person, you must see the artist. He or she must be able to dance. If you can dance, you can sell. Shangaan dancers, they dance, they can go on for almost an hour with that speed, without getting tired. When you see them dance you feel like they have got no bones. It's similar to the Zulus, but faster and we put a lot of style inside. There's disco in there, we use Pantsula moves.
We don't use the sounds of the hip-hop guys, or the afro-pop, or whatever, we're using Shangaan sounds. The traditional Shangaan music is fast. You play it slow, they won't dance.
Firstly it was played with bass and lead guitar. I'm the one revolutionized it, because when I came I didn't use any guitar or any bass, I just used marimba and the organs. We are not using the live bass, we are using the marimba bass which is played from the organ. A small sample of voices, that's what I specialize in. We use them in English. Those are the new aspects they never had before. At first people thought I was mad, and now it's the in-thing. You can play that music with bass, that's the old-timer music.
Shangaan is fast. While others play at 110, we are at 180, 182, 183. And when you hear those marimba beats and that live guitar through the keyboard, you know it's Shangaan. You hear those toms, then you know, this is Shangaan music.
Shangaans don't typically love Joburg. They work in Joburg, but their heart is in Limpopo. People want to go back to the country and to their families. Limpopo is rural. It's hot, very hot and vibey. Shangaan music is about love. It's about a wife and a husband. We are family-oriented musicians.
Now Shangaan music is both, rural and urban. We jumped the boundaries by changing that bass into playing with the marimba, that's when we touched the nerves, and now it's all over.
(To Wills Glasspiegel, January 2010.)

Чукотско-русский тематический словарь

Словарь предназначен для учащихся 5—9 классов чукотских школ. Основная часть книги состоит из разделов, каждый из которых включает лексику на определённую тему, например, олень, оленеводство; яранга, жилище; родство; времена года; погода, небо, звёзды; моря, реки, озёра; орудие и снаряжение морского охотника.

Во второй части книги (в приложении) дан краткий словарь слов и словосочетаний, наиболее употребительных в школьной практике. Затем следуют темы: счёт (количественные, порядковые и разделительные числительные), глаголы, знание которых поможет учащимся правильно употреблять их при составлении рассказов, при переводе текстов на чукотский язык.

Завершает книгу список серединных основ глагола, необходимый при пользовании данным словарем, а также чукотско-русским и русско-чукотским словарём П. И. Инэнликэя.

Словарь составлен на основе чукотско-русского словаря Т. А. Молл, П. И. Инэнликэя, работы Г. А. Тэгрэт «Традиционная лексика оленных и береговых чукчей Провиденского района».
В книгу включена в основном исконно чукотская лексика.

Словарь будет полезен школьникам при написании изложений, сочинений, выполнении других заданий. Словарь может быть полезен учителям и преподавателям, а также всем интересующимся чукотским языком.
http://rapidshare.com/files/246234811/Chukchi-Russian.rar
Password: uztranslations

Russian-Yukaghir phrasebook

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8MCZR9NC
Password: uztranslations

Юкагирско-русский словарь

Словарь содержит около 11 тыс. лексических единиц языка тундренных (нижеколымских) юкагиров. Каждая лексическая единица и ее значения иллюстрируются примерами, дающими представление об особенностях материальной и духовной культуры юкагиров. Приводятся сведения о юкагирах и их языках.
Для учащихся, студентов, преподавателей юкагирского языка, а также ученых-палеоазиатоведов, исследователей финно-угорских и самодийских народов - филологов, историков и этнографов.
http://rapidshare.com/files/361338985/Yukagir.rar

Koryak-Russian Dictionary

В словарь вошли наиболее употребительные слова хозяйственного, бытового, культурно-политического значения. При отборе лексики составители учли изданную на корякском языке учебную и художественную литературу, а также «Нымыланско-русский» (корякско-русский) словарь Г. М. Корсакова, русско-корякские словари к книгам для чтения С. Н. Стебницкого (1939) и А. И. Яйлеткана (1960).
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Password: uztranslations