Song of the Beautiful Woman

Ored Recordings was founded by Bulat Khalilov and Timur Kodzoko in order to gather and preserve ethnic music of the Caucasus. While traveling through southern Dagestan, they were introduced to the ashough tradition of singing, which fundamentally changed their perception of folklore. Here, Shemshir plays and sings with his son, sitting next to him, and another student. The song tells the story of a man who fell in love with and married a beautiful woman. Three years later she left him and the disillusioned protagonist sworn to his friends that he would never marry again. Video by Elizaveta Vdovina