“It's a call for me, it’s a call to protect traditions. The Voices of Ancestors aren’t only sounds we heard from the old recordings, it’s all the traditions which our ancestors kept.”
Dr. Maka Khardziani
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In this special video episode, you can both see and hear the creative work of Nanina, a women’s group of ethnomusicologists and singers based in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Our guest, Dr Maka Khardziani - ethnomusicologist and Director of Nanina - reveals how Georgian women’s voices continue to shape the nation’s musical soul.
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Together with hosts Holly Taylor-Zuntz and Susan Thompson, Maka takes us inside the Nanina Women’s Folklore Festivals: how they began, why they focus on women, and how each year’s theme builds on the next:
1st Festival: lullabies and the ancient goddess Nana
2nd Festival: healing songs and the Batonebi ritual circling the church
3rd Festival: women’s labour songs and handicrafts
Next year: ritual songs for weddings and the weather
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Far from being just concerts, the festivals bring together scholarly papers, video presentations from regional ensembles, and exhibitions of women’s handicrafts.
Maka reveals how lullabies form the root language of all Georgian song, and how healing songs once worked as powerful emotional therapy. She also discusses the challenges of reviving women’s work songs that were rarely recorded — and the joy of discovering unknown melodies in old archives.
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There’s a touching moment when Maka sings Nanila, a Svan lullaby from her home region of Svaneti. And videographer-singer Ia Andghuladze joins in to share the younger generation’s perspective on carrying these traditions forward through film and music.
> In this episode
- Lullabies and the ancient goddess Nana
- The Batonebi healing ritual and sacred round dance
- Women’s labour songs and handicrafts
- The multidisciplinary festival: music, film, scholarship, and craft
- How younger artists are continuing the work of Nanina
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🎧 Hosted by Holly Taylor-Zuntz and Susan Thompson
🎥 Video and audio production by Ia Andghuladze
📍 Guest: Dr Maka Khardziani, Director of Nanina
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>Music
Intro: ‘Makharia’, chonguri. From the Ialoni album, 'I fell in love with that sweet voice'
Maka: Sings opening phrase of Iavnana
Maka: Sings Svan Nana - Nanila
Lalkhori sing Lullabies from Svaneti
Nanina sing Meskhetian Batonebo
>Links - Film about the creative Group Nanina in Georgian with English subtitles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_y8vcWy7_E
>If you enjoyed this episode, why not buy the creators a coffee?
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“It's a call for me, it’s a call to protect traditions. The Voices of Ancestors aren’t only sounds we heard from the old recordings, it’s all the traditions which our ancestors kept.”
Dr. Maka Khardziani
—-
In this special video episode, you can both see and hear the creative work of Nanina, a women’s group of ethnomusicologists and singers based in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Our guest, Dr Maka Khardziani - ethnomusicologist and Director of Nanina - reveals how Georgian women’s voices continue to shape the nation’s musical soul.
-
Together with hosts Holly Taylor-Zuntz and Susan Thompson, Maka takes us inside the Nanina Women’s Folklore Festivals: how they began, why they focus on women, and how each year’s theme builds on the next:
1st Festival: lullabies and the ancient goddess Nana
2nd Festival: healing songs and the Batonebi ritual circling the church
3rd Festival: women’s labour songs and handicrafts
Next year: ritual songs for weddings and the weather
-
Far from being just concerts, the festivals bring together scholarly papers, video presentations from regional ensembles, and exhibitions of women’s handicrafts.
Maka reveals how lullabies form the root language of all Georgian song, and how healing songs once worked as powerful emotional therapy. She also discusses the challenges of reviving women’s work songs that were rarely recorded — and the joy of discovering unknown melodies in old archives.
-
There’s a touching moment when Maka sings Nanila, a Svan lullaby from her home region of Svaneti. And videographer-singer Ia Andghuladze joins in to share the younger generation’s perspective on carrying these traditions forward through film and music.
> In this episode
- Lullabies and the ancient goddess Nana
- The Batonebi healing ritual and sacred round dance
- Women’s labour songs and handicrafts
- The multidisciplinary festival: music, film, scholarship, and craft
- How younger artists are continuing the work of Nanina
-----
🎧 Hosted by Holly Taylor-Zuntz and Susan Thompson
🎥 Video and audio production by Ia Andghuladze
📍 Guest: Dr Maka Khardziani, Director of Nanina
--
>Music
Intro: ‘Makharia’, chonguri. From the Ialoni album, 'I fell in love with that sweet voice'
Maka: Sings opening phrase of Iavnana
Maka: Sings Svan Nana - Nanila
Lalkhori sing Lullabies from Svaneti
Nanina sing Meskhetian Batonebo
>Links - Film about the creative Group Nanina in Georgian with English subtitles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_y8vcWy7_E
>If you enjoyed this episode, why not buy the creators a coffee?
On ko-fi.com/voicesoftheancestors
Support the podcast on patreon www.patreon.com/voicesoftheancestors
Sign up for our email updates and never miss an episode: eepurl.com/hhgoOf
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On Folk Instruments with Nino Razmadze = Series 2 Episode 2
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2 years ago
On Folk Instruments with Nino Razmadze = Series 2 Episode 2
Can you tell your changis from your chuniris from your chonguris? You’ll often see one of them in the hands of Trio Mandili. Don’t worry, our guest Nino Razmadze talks us through all the folk instruments of Georgia in this informative episode. Combine listening, with looking at the transcript, and you will become familiar with both the sound and looks of Georgian folk instruments.
Even if you’re familiar with the sound of a chonguri, you won’t have heard the field recording Nino made of the great player Polikarpe Khubulava.
Nino is an ethnomusicologist and deputy director of the International Research Centre for Traditional Polyphony of Tbilisi State Conservatoire. She’s about to complete her PhD on Folk instruments. Nino is the founder of Gogora wooden toy company. She is passionate about developing designs from folk themes.
Our chat touches on:-
The spiritual significance of instruments in rituals such as ‘catching the soul’ and Batonebi.
Embroidery designs - Nino says “if somebody wants to make a new socks they can check, maybe 500 socks and understand which kind of colour they can use, which kind of ornaments and have they put together” - Download link -https://voicesoftheancestors.co.uk/voices-of-the-ancestors-all-episodes#Textile_ornaments
Working with the Bate Collection of musical Instruments in Oxford
Are girls more likely to play the chonguri or the bagpipes? What is the professional name for a group of cow bells? How do tuning systems change with instruments between regions? All your burning questions and more are answered in this interview.
Music in this episode
Intro: Makharia, chonguri. From the Ialoni album, 'I fell in love with that sweet voice'
Khorumi from Merisi in Ajara (supplied by Nino Razmadze)
Daira - Lola and Gratsia from Mountains of Tongues LP playing garmoni and daira.
Satsekvao - panduri by Mzetamze
Intro to Irinola on chuniri by Anna Chamgeliani
Mze shinao by Sathanao, Lullaby from Samegrelo played on chonguri.
Ensemble Lashari play tushuri melodies with salamuri (supplied by Nino Razmadze).
The sound of the larchemi (supplied by Nino Razmadze)
Merisi Khorumi (supplied by Nino Razmadze)
Chemo Zalo by Mzetamze
Papiko playing chuniri (supplied by Nino Razmadze)
Ase Chonguri by Ensemble Shavnabada
Sabodisho batonebo by Ialoni
Polikarpe Khubulava (field recording by Nino Razmadze)
Givi pirtskelani playing changi - chiche tura (field recording by Nino Razmadze)
Avksenti Megrelidze’s choir - dedats miqvars (Alazani.ge Thanks to Teo Lomsadze for sourcing music.)
Voices of the Ancestors by Holly Taylor-Zuntz and Susan Thompson.
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“It's a call for me, it’s a call to protect traditions. The Voices of Ancestors aren’t only sounds we heard from the old recordings, it’s all the traditions which our ancestors kept.”
Dr. Maka Khardziani
—-
In this special video episode, you can both see and hear the creative work of Nanina, a women’s group of ethnomusicologists and singers based in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Our guest, Dr Maka Khardziani - ethnomusicologist and Director of Nanina - reveals how Georgian women’s voices continue to shape the nation’s musical soul.
-
Together with hosts Holly Taylor-Zuntz and Susan Thompson, Maka takes us inside the Nanina Women’s Folklore Festivals: how they began, why they focus on women, and how each year’s theme builds on the next:
1st Festival: lullabies and the ancient goddess Nana
2nd Festival: healing songs and the Batonebi ritual circling the church
3rd Festival: women’s labour songs and handicrafts
Next year: ritual songs for weddings and the weather
-
Far from being just concerts, the festivals bring together scholarly papers, video presentations from regional ensembles, and exhibitions of women’s handicrafts.
Maka reveals how lullabies form the root language of all Georgian song, and how healing songs once worked as powerful emotional therapy. She also discusses the challenges of reviving women’s work songs that were rarely recorded — and the joy of discovering unknown melodies in old archives.
-
There’s a touching moment when Maka sings Nanila, a Svan lullaby from her home region of Svaneti. And videographer-singer Ia Andghuladze joins in to share the younger generation’s perspective on carrying these traditions forward through film and music.
> In this episode
- Lullabies and the ancient goddess Nana
- The Batonebi healing ritual and sacred round dance
- Women’s labour songs and handicrafts
- The multidisciplinary festival: music, film, scholarship, and craft
- How younger artists are continuing the work of Nanina
-----
🎧 Hosted by Holly Taylor-Zuntz and Susan Thompson
🎥 Video and audio production by Ia Andghuladze
📍 Guest: Dr Maka Khardziani, Director of Nanina
--
>Music
Intro: ‘Makharia’, chonguri. From the Ialoni album, 'I fell in love with that sweet voice'
Maka: Sings opening phrase of Iavnana
Maka: Sings Svan Nana - Nanila
Lalkhori sing Lullabies from Svaneti
Nanina sing Meskhetian Batonebo
>Links - Film about the creative Group Nanina in Georgian with English subtitles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_y8vcWy7_E
>If you enjoyed this episode, why not buy the creators a coffee?
On ko-fi.com/voicesoftheancestors
Support the podcast on patreon www.patreon.com/voicesoftheancestors
Sign up for our email updates and never miss an episode: eepurl.com/hhgoOf
Navigate this episode with the searchable transcript, available here voicesoftheancestors.co.uk/transcripts
