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ADYGHE HARMONICA AS A SYMBOLIC TEXT
ADYGHE HARMONICA AS A SYMBOLIC TEXT

Author(s): Alla Sokolova
Subject(s): Cultural history, Customs / Folklore, Music, Semiology
Published by: Lietuvių literatūros ir tautosakos institutas
Keywords: Adyghe harmonica; Circassian folk musical instruments; Adyghe musical culture; symbolics; semiotics; color and shape;

Summary/Abstract: Subject: A diatonic harmonica as the cultural and symbolic text containing extensive information about the Adyghe traditional culture. Purpose of study: To disclose the sense of the basic national notions and the ideals coded in a harmonica as a material and spiritual object of culture. Methods: Comparative-typological, semiotic and field observations.

  • Issue Year: 2006
  • Issue No: 32
  • Page Range: 95-104
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English