Uastyrdzhi (Song about Uastyrdzhi)

Audio file
Date recorded: August 1, 1964
Contributor(s): Performer: Taugazov, G.D.; Performer: Mamiev, D.I.; Performer: Dzhusoev, N.G.; Performer: Dzhioev, D.A.; Performer: Chabiev, Z.M.; Recordist: Tskhurbaeva, Kseniya G.; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: epic song
Culture: Caucasus, Ossete
Instruments: voice
Location: Severnaya Osetiya-Alaniya, Russia
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T1704
Track Number: 6
Archive ID: T1704R06
Note: Uastyrdzhi is the name of the mythological celestial being who is the protector of the men in the Nart epos. Original note: "recorded by K. G. Tskhurbaeva (f.) – Songs recorded in the city of Tskhinval (South Ossetia) from the following singers: D. A. Dzhioev, N. G. Dzhusoev, D. I. Mamiev, G. D. Taugazov, Z. M. Chabiev. Song about Uastyrdzhi, protector of men – mythological. (soloist – D. Mamiev)."
Belongs to: Ossetian 8/64
About the session: These are dubbed recordings given to Alan Lomax by Madam Kseniya G. Tskhurbaeva, collected in Ossetia, U.S.S.R., early 1960s.
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