In Greek mythology, the Gargareans, or Gargarenses, were an all-male tribe. They copulated with the Amazons annually in order to keep both tribes reproductive. The Amazons kept the female children, raising them as warriors, and gave the males to the Gargareans.
A roots revival is a trend which includes young performers popularizing the traditional musical styles of their ancestors. Often, roots revivals include an addition of newly composed songs with socially and politically aware lyrics, as well as a general modernization of the folk sound.
Ingushetia or Ingushetiya, officially the Republic of Ingushetia, is a republic of Russia located in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe. The republic is part of the North Caucasian Federal District, and shares land borders with the country of Georgia to its south; and borders the Russian republics of North Ossetia–Alania to its west and north and Chechnya to its east and northeast.
Ingush, historically known as Durdzuks, Gligvi and Kists, are a Northeast Caucasian ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Republic of Ingushetia in central Caucasus, but also inhabitanting Prigorodny District and town of Vladikavkaz of modern day North-Ossetia. The Ingush are predominantly Sunni Muslims and speak the Ingush language.
Chinese folk flute music are folk songs written to tell the traditions and tales of various tribes in China, around the 12th century. They were played mostly on wooden flutes, and thus the pieces that have survived till today are written in D, which is the key these early flutes were made in. This is also why, unlike most Chinese music, these pieces are not written in a pentatonic scale, but in a more middle eastern style. We can tell this because the ornamentation of these pieces is very similar to that of the bagpipes, which were invented in India, and also the penny whistle and other Celtic instruments.
The coat of arms of Ingushetia was instituted on 26 August 1994. In the center of the circle is an eagle and a battle tower. In the background is Mount Stolovaya on the left of the tower and Mount Kazbek on the right. Above the tower a yellow sun is shining in blue sky.
The yazheng is a Chinese string instrument. It is a traditional zither similar to the guzheng but bowed by scraping with a rosined stick or a horsehair bow,. The musical instrument was popular in the Tang dynasty, but is today little used except in the folk music of some parts of northern China, where it is called yaqin.
The sipsi is a clarinet-like, single-reed instrument used mainly in folk music and native to the Aegean region of Greece and Turkey. The word sipsi is possibly onomatopoeic. In ancient Greece, it was known as kalamavlos (καλάμαυλος), meaning cane-flute. The sipsi can be made of bone, wood, or reed, though the reed variant is most common. Its size varies from region to region, but it generally contains five finger holes in the front, and one finger hole in the back.
The Bembe people are an ethnic group based in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Katavi Region of Tanzania. They live mainly in the territory of Fizi in South Kivu. The Bembe are also in the province of Tanganyika in the city of Kalemie. In 1991, the Bembe population of the DRC was estimated to number 252,000 and around 1.5 million in 2005.
Askomandoura is a type of bagpipe played as a traditional instrument on the Greek island of Crete, similar to the tsampouna.
The Insurgency in Ingushetia began in 2007 as an escalation of an insurgency in Ingushetia connected to the separatist conflict in Chechnya. The conflict has been described as a civil war by local human rights activists and opposition politicians; others have referred to it as an uprising. By mid-2009 Ingushetia had surpassed Chechnya as the most violent of the North Caucasus republics. However, by 2015 the insurgency in the Republic had greatly weakened, and the casualty toll declined substantially in the intervening years.
The People's Assembly of the Republic of Ingushetia, sometimes referred to by its predecessor's name as the Congress of the Ingush People, is the regional parliament of Ingushetia, a federal subject of Russia. It consists of 32 deputies elected for five-year terms. Its presiding officer is the chairman.
Magas Airport, also known as Magas Oskanov Airport or Sleptsovskaya Airport is an airport in the Republic of Ingushetia near Sunzha, serving the capital city of Magas and the largest regional city of Nazran. The name Magas comes from the medieval capital of Alania. The name is translated from Ingush as a Sun City. Prior to 1992, Magas Airport was a Soviet military air base. It is sometimes referred to as Magas Oskanov Airport, in honour of Soviet General and MiG-29 pilot Sulom-Bek Oskanov.
The State Anthem of Ingushetia is one of the national symbols of the Republic of Ingushetia, a federal subject of Russia, along with its flag and coat of arms. The music was composed by Ruslan Zangiyev, with accompanying lyrics by Ingush poet Ramzan Tsurov in 1993. It was first adopted as a de facto regional anthem on 27 August 1993, and then readopted officially on 7 December 2010.
Trizalis, is a Greek folk dance from Crete, Greece, similar to Pidikhtos and is very widespread in the Greek islands. It is also called "Κουρουθιανός" (Kourouthianos).
The Phandar is a traditional Vainakhish three-string plucked instrument from Chechnya and Ingushetia in the Northern Caucasus.
NHK-FM is a Japanese radio station operated by the public broadcaster, NHK. Its programming output, which consists of classical music, jazz, rock, Japanese pop music, folk, seven times of news bulletins and talk is broadly similar to the BBC's Radio 3, CBC Music and RRI Programa 2.
Arthur Getagazhev, also known as Emir Abdullah or Ubaydullakh, was an Islamist militant leader in the Russian North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia.
Russian folk dance is an important part of Russian culture. Some of the unique characteristics suggest that many elements were developed by the early Russian population.
A Caucasian dhol is a kind of dhol drum in the Caucasus. This drum has traditionally been used by various Caucasian warriors in battles, and today is used in national folk music.
