Today’s double episode [re-release of episode 27A & 27B] is truly a tour de force. In this our second installment of “In Their Own Words,” our good friends Tembulat & Zalina take us on a deep dive into the very heart of Circassian / Kabardian culture. Not only musicians, this couple also hand makes instruments and knives. They provided so much rich content we were forced to split the episode into two. Get ready for profound cultural insights, wonderful live music, sober admissions, and some good laughs on episode 103 of CaucasTalk! Links for Episode 103 Hagauj Circassian Art & Music XX Century Circassian War Songs by Hagauj Music Project on iTunes Timestamps PART A4:38 – SEGMENT: Sister Cities! 11:13 – Shout out to Marshalltown, IA 15:49 – Andrew’s amazing theory 19:45 – INTERVIEW: Tembulat & Zalina22:05 – King Kabarda 22:34 – Lake Tambikan 23:30 – Homeschooling and children’s names 26:22 – Elders name the children 30:19 – The difference between Circassian & Russian language 35:54 – Who are the Circassian people? 37:17 – Circassian culture in one word 39:24 – “Khabze” 40:13 – Islam and Circassian culture 41:46 – Christian Kabardians in Mazdoc 45:24 – Love for guests—and hand-motions   PART B 46:52 – “Our soul and our language is the same” 49:56 – Musical presentation: shichup-shina (Circassian fiddle), hazich (wood-clappey thing) 57:44 – LIVE SONG: “Japan War” (feat. Thashloko, a.k.a. Tembulat) 1:03:00 – Choice of this melody 1:03:46 – Islamic zikrs 1:04:26 – “All our history is in songs” 1:05:01 – Learning the Circassian fiddle: A broken tradition 1:06:56 – World trending toward orality 1:07:57 – Purchase information on iTunes 1:09:09 – Album: Hagauj Project 1:10:04 – State of Circassian culture today: Sovietic