Monday, January 9, 2023

Чукотская и Эскимосская Музыка

 

Чукотская и Эскимосская Музыка 

CHUKCHI AND INUIT MUSIC 

Melodiya, 1974, 33D035505-6 

This album was published as part of a series entitled ''the singing soul of Russia''. Side A is about ''Eskimo national music'' as the Russians said and side B about Chukchi national music.

The Inuit in Siberia never were very numerous and live near the Bering Strait. The census of 1979 listed 1200 Inuit and 400 Aleuts who are very close to the Inuit. Here only men were recorded singing alone or in duet with a drum. Most of the songs refer to hunting and animals but there is one song to the glory (I suppose) of the Soviet cosmonauts.

The Chukchi people are Paleosiberian people living in the Chukotka (Nort Eastern Siberia); their name means ''reindeer owners''. Part of them is sedentary hunting and fishing while the other part was nomadic at least at the end of the Soviet period. Russians managed to colonized them during the 19th century and then the Communist Party was successful in controlling them through their shamans who were declared local chiefs.
It is thought that this population stayed in Alaska a long time ago before returning to Siberia.
Female and male singers were recorded; there are several ''personal songs'' a custom that is also known among the Inuit and some Amerindian people. We can listen to the rhomb on one track.
Text in Russian

Here the tracklist in Russian and local languages. I translated the Russian titles in the audio file.

A1
Песня О Дружбе = Илякулъыкиляган
A2
Полет Чайки Против Ветра = Нагуйяк Айгульгэ
A3
Праздник Кита = Агвыквувалъя
A4
Такын Большая Птица = Такын Какулюк
A5
Олыми
A6
Итаюнвон Утренняя Заря = Мтаюнвон Силямени Камароми
A7
Штукатур = Штукатура
A8
Космонавты = Космонавтыт
A9
Вольный Танец = Тухумин
A10
Игра С Мячами = Анкалгит
A11
Охота На Медведя = Нанугнэльгэ
A12
Охота На Каяке = Каяхтульгэ
A13
Чайка = Нагуя
A14
Танец Медвежонка = Нанурагак
A15
Шитье = Минкыльгэ
A16
Праздничный Танец = Кырысмам Саютна
A17
Лампочка Ильича = Лампочка Ильичам
B1
Олененок = Кэюкэй
B2
Морские Охотники = Анкакэнат Гыннинныттыльыт
B3
Личная Песня Лидии Актемировой = Актемировын Лидиян Чиниткин Гырэп
B4
Девушки С Голубых Озер = Вытыра Гытгык Кача Нымытвальыт Нэвыскэтты
B5
Личная Песня Етигина = Етигынын Чиниткин Гырэп
B6
Личная Песня Атчин = Атчинын Чиниткин Гырэп
B7
Личная Песня Гиункеу = Гиункеунын Чиниткин Гырэп
B8
Личная Песня Тнагыргына = Тнагыргынын Чиниткин Гырэп
B9
Два Наигрыша На Тэльытэле = 2 Талеткогыргыт
B10
Личная Песня Рультынэут = Рультынэутын Чиниткин Гырэп
B11
Приход весны = Кыткытръогъэ

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2 comments:

  1. Good morning Herve!! and thank you very much for this rare music gem!!

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  2. yes rare enough indeed; glad you like it !

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