A Gorgeous Performance of the Traditional Turkish Folk Song ‘Dertli Dolap’ Played on a Cura
by Lori Dorn from Laughing Squid on (#47A3G)
While a cat and chickens ran around behind him, musician i-sgur Baba performed a quietly gorgeous rendition of the classic Turkish folk song "Dertli Dolap" by poet and Sufi mystic Yunus Emre on a traditional cura, a three stringed instrument with a beautifully expressive high pitch.
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