Circassian culture and folklore
Subtitle: hospitality, traditions, cuisine, festivals and music (Kabardian, Cherkess, Adigean, Shapsugh and diaspora)
By: compiled & edited by Amjad Jaimoukha
Publisher: Bennett & Bloom
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 559
ISBN-13: 9781898948407
Subjects: Circassians; Folklore; Music; Customs and practices
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 513-550) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. HOSPITALITY; title: Distinguished Hosts and Guests; title: 2. CUISINE; title: Ancient Traditions; title: Kabardian Cuisine: Fresh Meat Dishes; Dried & Smoked Meat Dishes; Poultry & Egg Dishes; Fish Dishes; Dairy Product Dishes; Flour, Cereal & Haricot Bean Dishes; Potato & Gourd Dishes; Drinks & Beverages; Sweets & Desserts; Vegetables & Fruits; title: Adigean Cuisine: Cold Cuts & Hors d_Oeuvres; Broths & Soups; Main Dishes: Meat; Main Dishes: Poultry; Dairy Product Dishes; Cereal & Flour Dishes; Pastries; Vegetable & Legumes Dishes; Drinks & Beverages; More Adigean Recipes; Other Adigean Dishes & Foodstuffs; title: Diaspora Cuisine; title: 3. FESTIVALS; title: Beliefs and Rituals; title: Pagan Worship; title: Songs of the Hunt; title: Agrarian Festivals; title: Christian Festivals; title: Family Ceremonies and Rituals; title: Nuptial Ritual Chants and Toasts; title: Disease, Decrepitude and Death 5. MUSIC; title: Circassian Music and Musicology; title: Scores for Songs and Melodies in the Text; title: The Art of the Circassian Minstrels: An Anthology of Circassian Music; title: 4. FURTHER READING; title: Appendix: 1: The Circassians Appendix 2: The Kabardians Appendix 3: The Circassian Language Appendix 4: Sayings and Expressions Appendix 5: Kabardian-Adigean-English Terms Appendix 6: More Cuisine Terms Appendix 7: Nart Tales; title: Tale 1: The Story of How the Narts Ravished Lady Satanay; title: Tale 2: Amisch and Theghelej; title: Tale 3: Satanay-Flower; title: Tale 4: The Sickle of the Narts Appendix 8: Circassian Etiquette (A Poem) Bibliography and References; title: Bibliography of Circassian Lexicography; title: Index