The Istanbul Cadde Bostan Cultural Center hosted a concert titled \u201cWelcome, Ramadan\u201d by T\u00dcMATA (Turkish Music Research and Promotion Group) on May 14, 2018.<\/p>\n
As the T\u00dcMATA caravan traveled from the Altai Mountains to Anatolia, passing through region after region, it spread healing, love, spirituality, and friendship along the way. Those who came to watch the concert also got their share of it.<\/p>\n
Considering that the first seeds of Turkish music were sown in Central Asia, it must be said that Turkish culture and music\u2014with a rich history spanning approximately 6,000 years\u2014deserve to be passed down to the present day and to future generations. Music serves as a bridge between people and the universe, and it is also a unifying element of a national culture. In this context, Assistant Professor [Name], who has dedicated his life to service in this field, Associate Professor The T\u00dcMATA team, founded and led by Dr. Rahmi Oru\u00e7 G\u00fcven\u00e7, continues its work with dedication and a sense of duty.<\/p>\n
The concert presented by T\u00dcMATA features a variety of melodies from the Turkic peoples and communities of Central Asia, a wide range of instruments was used, from the drum to the kopuz, from the horn to the bendir, from cymbals and bells to the shan kopuz (gubuz\/mouth harp), from the \u00e7eng to the rebab, from the tar to the dombra, and from the ney to the cura.<\/p>\n
Examples were presented of the dance of the Kam and the Baks\u0131\u2014the oldest known form of music and movement therapy from the Altai Mountains to the present day\u2014in which they enter a trance state through Baks\u0131<\/strong> and connect with the ataruhu to perform music for healing purposes.<\/p>\n “Hicaz Dua<\/strong>,” with lyrics by H. Fahreddin Dede and music by Ahmet Hatipo\u011flu, was performed by Derya \u00c7\u0131nar Oral with a voice that touched the hearts of the audience.<\/p>\n Taking the stage with a large cast of performers, the T\u00dcMATA troupe, with its rich repertoire spanning from the Sumerians to Ergenekon and from the Altai Mountains to Anatolia, appealed to the eyes, ears, and souls of the audience, reminding them of the importance of peace, unity, and shared human values.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n[envira-gallery id=”7968″]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As the T\u00dcMATA caravan traveled from the Altai Mountains to Anatolia, passing through region after region, it brought healing, love, spirituality, and friendship to the paths it traversed. Those who came to watch the concert also got their share of it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-tumata"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tumata.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tumata.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tumata.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tumata.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tumata.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tumata.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8982\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tumata.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tumata.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tumata.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}