RELATIONSHIP AND VARIATION OF KHOİRAT WITH PERFORMANCE

Abstract

Khoirat is an integral part of Turkmen life. Turkmans of Iraq express all their emotions: pain, sadness, joy, happiness, love, etc. they express their feelings through songs. Such a wide spread of Khoirats has also given rise to their performance forms. Like other texts included in the Bayati poetic family, Khoirats have an unmistakable connection with music. It can even be said that the connection of Iraq turkmen patriots with music is better preserved. One of the main reasons for this is that they are performed not only by ordinary people, but also by master singers. Khoirats are sung by ordinary people in everyday life, but also performed by khoiratchies with the help of various musical instruments at parties such as weddings, holidays, parties. These issues have given rise to twenty-four methods of khoirat. Which method to choose during the performance of the khoirat depends not only on the content of the khoirat, but also on the voice capabilities and taste of the performer. Good khoiratchies can play the same khoirat in several ways. It is possible to use several methods even during the performance of a khoirat. For this, the khoiratchies voice capability should be very good.

The issue of variantization of bayats has not been investigated so far either in Azerbaijan folklore studies or in other Turkic peoples where bayat exists. However, this event is very widespread in our folklore and is a matter that needs to be investigated separately. Khoirats are divided into two groups: old and new(eski and yengi), (These terms belong to the turkman of İraqkhoiratist Ibrahim Rauf Tarzi. During the conversation with us, he called the khoirats from the people the old khoirats, and the khoirats whose author is known the new khoirats. We consider it appropriate to give those expressions as he used them.) Variantization is the case that we come across in almost all of the old Khoirats, but the new Khoirats have already started to become variant, which can be considered as their entry into the folklore circulation.