| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file (58 min.)) : sound, color |
| Summary |
While lullabies - with their intimate relationship between a mother and her child - are a universal musical genre, the polyphonic singing of lullabies by choirs is very rare. In Georgia (South Caucasus), men's choirs have been singing lullabies on stage since at least the end of the 19th century, as the movement of national liberation from the Russian empire favored the affirmation of the Georgian cultural uniqueness. Polyphonic cradlesongs performed by men's, women's or mixed choirs in the different regional styles have become a new musical genre added to the repertoire of traditional national folklore. Individual as well as choral lullabies are called Nana. The practice of related polyphonic Nana songs, also called Iav-Nana (name derived from the refrain "Violet-Nana"), is much older and rooted in pre-Christian beliefs. Some of these songs were performed at family rituals when a child had an infectious disease such as measles, which were believed to be brought by celestial spirits. Women performed other ritual Nana songs at sacred places such as a particular village church, or "pagan" mountain sanctuaries, to request from deities health and prosperity for their folk. This film shows for the first time these different kinds of Nana songs in their traditional context and at rehearsals of local choirs of the Kakheti province |
| Credits |
Image, sound, editing and subtitling by Hugo Zemp, research organization, field translations and Georgian language transcriptions by Nona Lomidze |
| Event |
Originally produced by Documentary Educational Resources in 2019 |
| Notes |
In Georgian (Kakhetian) with English subtitles |
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Description based on online resource; title from title screen (Panopto web platform, viewed July 15, 2022) |
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Lullabies -- Georgia (Republic)
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Folk music -- Georgia (Republic)
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Part songs, Georgian -- Georgia (Republic)
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Balts (Indo-European people)
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Music.
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music (discipline)
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Balts (Indo-European people)
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Documentary films
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Music
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documentary film.
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Documentary films
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Documentary films.
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Documentaires.
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Streaming video
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Zemp, Hugo, film director.
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Lomiże, Nona, film director.
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Documentary Educational Resources (Firm)
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Kanopy (Firm)
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