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humor
ICH Elements 7
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KOCHBAZAY, raqsi shikam
Humorous “Stomach dance”, performed by two men.
Tajikistan -
KALLA
Traditional humorous dance performed by men and women. A man puts on woman dresses plays the role of a bride. This dance is accompanied with playing surnay and doira.
Tajikistan -
Riddles
Riddles are the work of folk oral poetry with short phrases and often deep and humorous contents which test one’s intellectual capacity and intend to develop one’s speculative thinking. The riddle usually consists of 2 to 4 lines of verse, although it has a potential to test one’s multiple intellectual activities of comparing, analyzing, combining, reasoning, describing and abstracting. Mongols used to say the riddle for guessing by children and youth from the teenage time and it was giving special contribution to the development of their thinking. For instance: Tuntger ovgon tumen jadtai. The fat old man has many spears, what is this? The answer is “A hedgehog”.
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ASKIYA
Folklore genre that take place between two-three or more participants in the form of humoristic dialogue. Tellers address to each other with anecdotes, jokes, and metaphorical expression in special settings.
Tajikistan