Uzundara

Uzundara or Ouzoundara (Azerbaijani: Uzundərə) — is a lyrical Azerbaijani[1][2][3][4][5][6] dance performed by women. The song originates in a valley between Agdam and Prishib village in Karabakh area by the name of "Uzun dara", which means Long valley in Azeri.[7][8][9] The authors of the book "Azerbaijani folk dances" suggested that the dance has spread among the Armenians of Karabakh as a result of their residence in close neighborhood with Azeris.[10]

External video
Uzundara dance, Azerbaijan Music and History

Performing

Two rows of dancers consisting of men and women used to play it. During dancing the men yalliholder held a stick in his hand but the women yalliholder a kerchief. After dancing of both groups, the yalliholder of the women group used to “fight”, as if joking.

References
  1. Current contents: Arts & humanities. Institute for Scientific Information
  2. World Music: Latin and North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific. Simon Broughton, Mark Ellingham, Richard Trillo
  3. Azeri Dance: "Uzundere" by Mehriban Efendiyeva. Schedule of Stage Performances. Turkish festival in Washington DC
  4. Сергей Иванович Вавилов. Большая советская энциклопедия. под ред. Сергея Ивановича Вавилова. Государственное научное издательство, 1965
    УЗУНДАРА — азербайджанский народный сольный танец.
  5. Языкознание: большой энциклопедический словарь. редактор Г. В. Келдыш. Большая Российская энциклопедия, 1998. Page 563
    Узундара (букв. — длинное ущелье) — азерб. нар. сольный женский танец.
  6. Узундара. Музыкальная энциклопедия
  7. Mehriban Afandiyeva danced Azerbaijani dance called "Uzundere" (Long Valley) in Turkish festival in Washington DC
  8. Языкознание: большой энциклопедический словарь / Под ред. Г. В. Келдыша. — Большая Российская энциклопедия, 1998. — С. 563. — 671 с.
  9. К. А. Касимов. Народы Азербайджанской Советской Социалистической Республики. Азербайджанцы. Народное творчество / Под редакцией Б.А.Гарданова, А.Н.Гулиева, С.Т.Еремяна, Л.И.Лаврова, Г.А.Нерсесова, Г.С.Читая. — Народы Кавказа: Этнографические очерки: Издательство Академии наук СССР, 1962. — Т. 2. — С. 163.
  10. Составители: Гамэр Алмасзаде, И. Д. Кагарлицкая, Б. А. Мамедов, и А. В. Акопов. Азербайджанские народные танцы / под ред. Афрасияба Бадалбейли. — Б.: Объединённое издательство, 1959. — С. 6.
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