Tajik folk music "Happy Eagle Flute and tambourine Melis" from the album "Music Map of China to hear Xinjiang Tajik Folk music Collection"

The Joyful Eagle Flute and Tambourine. "Mailis" The Joyful eagle flute and Tambourine. "Mailis"

Folk music Ethnic Group: Tajik Region: Xinjiang

Dab: Azim Husidili, Gulina Ahongjiang

Eagle Flute: Ekbel Abilixiu, Salayman Chiacuni

The Tajiks living on the eastern side of the Pamir Plateau and in Tashkurgan, Shache, Yechen and other places have a long and diversified musical tradition. Their settlements are located at the most mysterious and beautiful crossroads of the ancient Silk Road. All ethnic groups in the Western regions, as well as ancient Persian, ancient Indian and ancient Arab civilizations, have left their marks on Tajik music. The Musical Instruments of Tajik nationality are rich and similar to those of Uyghur nationality, but they retain their own ethnic characteristics. The tabla Dabu has a wide poplar frame, covered with animal skin, the string instrument Aichek has a unique violin case, the plucked instrument Tajdalzhwaf is often dug out of whole apricot wood, the sheep casing string, and the most noticed and praised Tajik eagle whistle "Nai"...

The Dabs strike a lively and jubilant rhythm, such as the galloping dance to the ground, and the eagle whistle, the most representative Tajik instrument, is made from the longest wing bone on the eagle's wing. Since the Tajik people used to take the eagle as their totem, and the eagle is also a symbol of heroes for them, the song and dance of the eagle and the legend of the eagle are an important chapter in the national narrative. Whenever the Tajik people celebrate festivals, get married, entertain themselves, hold sheep, and race horses, they are always accompanied by the music of the eagle whistle, which is loud, clear and melodious, like the cry in the sky coming through the thin and clear atmosphere.