MUMTOZ ASHULA CYCLES

Domain: Performing Arts
Index Number: 02.03

Singing art or the genres of vocal music represent significant part of Uzbek oral-professional music. They are diverse in form and melos and have original manner of interpretation. Their typical features are traditionalism, professionalism, sophistication, use of the richest means of expressions and classical oriental poetic texts of various meanings and contents.

The style of singing is solo with own accompaniment on tanbur, dutar and tor. Its genre composition is represented by mumtoz ashula, mumtoz yalla, katta ashula (Ferghana Valley), khalq ashula and muhammas (Bukhara), suvora and naqsh (Khoresm) and lyrical-lengthy songs of religious character (such as munojot, nat, khamd, manzuma, yakkakhonlik, khonaqoi, qalandari, etc.).