Argımak Attar - Altai Song

Arrangement & vocals by Farya Faraji. The Altai are a Turkic speaking ethnicity inhabiting the Altai Republic of Russia. Their traditional and historical culture was based on livestock and a nomadic or semi-nomadic structure, in which horses played an important, even central part, as seen in most of the mythologies of the steppes Turkic peoples and similar cultures. The instrumentation consists of a dombra, possibly the central instrument of Altai music, as well as many of the folk Turkic traditions of the steppes, such as Kazakhstan, (although the shape of the dombra can change from country to country, even culture to culture. The specific dombra I have is a Kazakh one). The dombra is often played in a rapid manner using the index finger, in order to produce a sound reminiscent of the galloping of horses. Khoomei and related forms of singing form an essential part of the music of this region. Lyrics in Altai: Attar, attar, siler kaydan mantap bardıgar? Attar, attar, siler neni s