Stas Shärifulla and Ziliä Qansurá Qosh yulı: 'On birds and stars as feathers'

In the organizer's words:

In their listening session, Stas Shärifulla and Ziliä Qansurá present traditional songs about birds from the musical culture of the Bashkirs, an indigenous Turkic people in North Asia.

Qosh yulı means "the path of birds" (the Bashkir name for the Milky Way). According to belief, this path was created from crane feathers, which were left behind for retarded, weak or young birds so that they would not stray from the path. In many places, birds are regarded as earthly incarnations of ancestral spirits, which is why it is not surprising that so many songs are dedicated to them. Although these songs may seem like mere beautiful "exotic" feathers to some, they were left behind for a clear reason: to give guidance to younger generations.

The listening session will be recorded and will be available for streaming on Refuge Radio afterwards.