The Story of Barzu : As told by two storytellers from Boysun, Uzbekistan / R. Rahmonī and G.R. van den Berg (editions.).

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English, Tajik Original language: Tajik Series: Iranian studies series | Book collections on Project MUSEPublisher: [Leiden] : Leiden University Press, [2013]Manufacturer: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2019Copyright date: ©[2013]Description: 1 online resource (120 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789400600355
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Online resources:
Contents:
The Barzunoma In Boysun / Ravsan Rahmoni -- The Story of Barzu as Told by Jūra Kamol, Pasurxī, Boysun, 1995 -- The Story of Barzu as Told by Mulloravšan, Pasurxī, Boysun, 2007.
Summary: The ancient Persian storytelling tradition has survived until the present day among the Tajik villages in the Gissar mountains of Uzbekistan. This book explores the story of Barzu and demonstrates that the historical Transoxania, since the time of Alexander the Great, has always been a melting pot of diverse shared cultures. In the village of Pasurxi, near Boysun in the Surxandaryo region of contemporary Uzbekistan, a vivid oral tradition exists on the basis of stories from the Persian Book of Kings or Šohnoma (Shahnama), composed more than a thousand years ago by the poet Firdavsi (Ferdowsi). These stories deal with the hero Barzu. The storytellers Jura Kamol and Mullo Ravšan composed two different versions of the story of Barzu in the Tajik as spoken in the Surxandaryo region. They used to tell their stories during evening gatherings in the village.
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Stories attributed to: Jūra Kamol and Mulloravšan.

The Barzunoma In Boysun / Ravsan Rahmoni -- The Story of Barzu as Told by Jūra Kamol, Pasurxī, Boysun, 1995 -- The Story of Barzu as Told by Mulloravšan, Pasurxī, Boysun, 2007.

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The ancient Persian storytelling tradition has survived until the present day among the Tajik villages in the Gissar mountains of Uzbekistan. This book explores the story of Barzu and demonstrates that the historical Transoxania, since the time of Alexander the Great, has always been a melting pot of diverse shared cultures. In the village of Pasurxi, near Boysun in the Surxandaryo region of contemporary Uzbekistan, a vivid oral tradition exists on the basis of stories from the Persian Book of Kings or Šohnoma (Shahnama), composed more than a thousand years ago by the poet Firdavsi (Ferdowsi). These stories deal with the hero Barzu. The storytellers Jura Kamol and Mullo Ravšan composed two different versions of the story of Barzu in the Tajik as spoken in the Surxandaryo region. They used to tell their stories during evening gatherings in the village.

Translations in English from the original Tajik text; also includes a cyrillic and a Roman transliteration of the original stories.

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