Meykhana Culture of Azerbaijan




soviet postage stamp depicting musical instruments of azerbaijan


meykhana distinctive azerbaijani literary , folk rap tradition, consisting of unaccompanied song performed 1 or more people improvising on particular subject. name of genre comes traditional turkish meyhane (tavern, pub), originated persian words mey (wine) , hane (house). since medieval times, meyhanes places poets gather exchanging verses in extemporaneous fashion, joking , disparaging 1 another. @ end of contest, audience determined poet had improvised elegant , clever verses , declared him winner. these contests may compared modern poetry improvisation contests or rap battles.








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