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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Department of English, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Malaya
2019
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