Ashik basti: My Saz1 wails for my beloved

This article introduces the main features of the art of Azerbaijani ashik (aşıq) and also presents the life and a selection of the poetry of Ashik Basti (1836-1936), an outstanding female ashik of Azerbaijan during the nineteenth century. The art of ashik is a genre of Turkic folklore common to Cent...

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Main Authors: Naghiyeva, Shahla, Amirdabbaghian, Amin, Shunmugam, Krishnavanie
Format: Article
Published: Department of English, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Malaya 2019
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