Music of Turkmenistan
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Turkmen music is
nomadic and rural, and is closely related to
Kyrgyz and
Kazakh folk forms. Travelling singers and shamans called bakshy, who act as healers and magicians and sing either
a cappella or with a sort of
lute called dutar.
References
- Broughton, Simon and Sultanova, Razia. "Bards of the Golden Road". 2000. In Broughton, Simon and Ellingham, Mark with McConnachie, James and Duane, Orla (Ed.), World Music, Vol. 2: Latin & North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific, pp 24-31. Rough Guides Ltd, Penguin Books. ISBN 1-85828-636-0
