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Sound recording, song; a section of praise
song from the Turkish tradition, sung by Turkish Ashiks Seref
Tasliova and Murat Cobanoglu, as part Festival Gala 2 - The
Professional Tradition, at The Third International Storytelling
Festival in the Purcell Room at The South Bank Centre, London,
18th November 1989
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Improvised formal welcome song sung in Turkish
by Ashiks Seref Tasliova and Murat Cobanoglu accompanying
themselves on the sazz, followed by an explanation by Ben
Haggarty, the Festival Artistic Director and sections of
interpretation in English by professor of folk-lore, Ahmet E
Uysal.
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Ashiks are Turkish bards, bearers of an
ancient tradition of minstrelsy that includes singing,
storyteling, poem making and inspired verbal duelling.
Traditionally, a youth destined to be an ashik would have a dream
in which he receives a cup of sweet drink (bade) from the hand of
a beautiful girl. From that moment on the young man is an ashik
and wakes up divinely inspired to make verses and sing songs in
praise of the beautiful young lady who is his muse. The term
'ashik' means 'a lover'. The musical instrument of the ashik is
the saz, the traditional six-stringed lute of Turkey.
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audience:-
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adult
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language:-
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Turkish; English
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recording quality
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condition:-
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fair
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completeness:-
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complete
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duration:-
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0 hours, 7 minutes, 31 seconds
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Having directed the First International Storytelling festival at
Battersea Arts Centre in 1985 and the Second International
Storytelling Festival at Watermans Arts Centre in 1987, Ben
Haggarty was approached by Ruth McKenzie and the poet Joe
Shapcott to Direct a third festival in the series. In 1989 The
Third International Storytelling Festival took place at The
Southbank Centre, London, and ran for 15 days from 11th to the
25th November. It also had an extensive national touring
component that took storytellers to 12 regional venues. The Arts
Council subsidised it with a £10,000 grant. The Festival
management was undertaken by an agency called the Arts Business.
The whole event was under the aegis of the Literature Department,
(Lead Officer, Maura Dooley). The festival programme included
performances for adult audiences, and school sessions. It was in
response to the programming needs for this festival that Ben
Haggarty founded and launched the Crick Crack Club, to provide a
place where UK based storytellers could develop their repertoire
and performance skills for adult audiences.
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storytelling; singing:-
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storyteller; ashik; epic singer; singer: Seref Tasliova
male / Turkish
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storytelling; singing:-
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Master of Ceremonies; Festival Artistic Director: Ben
Haggarty
male / British / born 30.11.1958 / occupation performance
storyteller; promoter
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storytelling; singing:-
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interpreter: Ahmet E Uysal
male / occupation Folklorist
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storytelling; singing:-
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storyteller; ashik; epic singer; singer: Murat
Cobanoglu
male / Turkish
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origin:-
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Turkey
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biography for Seref Tasliova printed in the festival programme
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biography for Murat Cobanoglu printed in the festival programme
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festival poster
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festival programme front cover
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festival programme page 1 showing staff list
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festival programme page 2 showing acknowledgments
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festival programme page 4 showing quite from Heinrich Zimmer
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festival programme page 5 showing introduction
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festival programme page 6 showing image
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festival programme pages 7 to 12 showing interview with Peter
Brook
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festival programme page 13 showing advertisment
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festival programme page 14 showing list of regional events
associated with the festival
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festival programmes pages 15 to 24 showing artist biographies
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festival programme page 25 showing advertisments
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festival programme page 26 showing a reading list
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festival programme page 27 showing an advertisment for 'Word of
Mouth' a Channel 4 Television programme about storytelling in the
UK
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festival programme page 28 showing advertisment and a quote from
C.S Lewis
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festival programme back cover showing an Irish saying or poem.
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Click to enlarge images
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programming & administration:-
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programmer; Festival Artistic Director: Ben Haggarty
administrator: The Arts Business
administrator: Alan Giddings
administrator: Richard Crosslands
production manager: Eddy Smith
production assistant: Hugh Lupton
production assistant: Sally Pomme Clayton
production assistant: Tom O'Reilly
production assistant: Daniel Morden
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storytelling; singing:-
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London, England: The South Bank Centre: The Purcell Room
18 Nov 1989
festival: The Third International Storytelling Festival
festival: The 1989 International Storytelling Festival
Festival Gala 2 - The Professional Tradition
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gift from:-
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storyteller: Ben Haggarty
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© The London Centre for International Storytelling:
2007