Description
The rhythmic, polyphone song is based on the clash of clusters of notes as well as the four string harp, or wadzh. The animistic religion disappeared with Islamization in 1895, but the musical tradition survived up until the 1990s when the Taliban and the Wahhabis moved into Nuristan. This volume includes an introduction to the geography, culture and religion of Nuristan as well as song texts and Edelberg’s diary notes. The music of the three valleys Waigal, Parun and Bashgal is described and analysed