Sari Gelin

Sari Gelin (Azerbaijani: Sarı Gəlin, سارؽ گلین; Persian: دامن کشان, romanizedDâman Kešân) or Sari Aghjik (Armenian: Սարի աղջիկ, romanizedSāri Āγčīk) is the name for a number of folk songs popular among the people of Iran, the southern Caucasus (most prominently present-day Azerbaijan and Armenia) and in eastern Anatolia in present-day Turkey. All versions of the song use the same melody and are written in the Bayati makam or mode, but are sung with different lyrics.[1] The consensus about its country of origin is contested.[1]

Sari Gelin is either a blond bride or a girl from the mountains, depending on the respective lyric language. What the versions have in common, is a boy complaining to/about a girl he loves but cannot achieve.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Ottman history, Episode 35: Sari Galin between Azerbaijan, and Turkey by Chris Gratien from Georgetown University Podcast Archived 30 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine and Pdf Archived 17 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine

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