Erkeç

Coordinates: 40°27′48″N 46°28′20″E / 40.46333°N 46.47222°E / 40.46333; 46.47222

Erkeç (also, Erk’ej, Erkech, Erkedge, Erketch, and Ertech) is a village in the Goranboy Rayon of Azerbaijan. The village forms part of the municipality of Mənəşli.

The village name comes from a Daghestani term for a horned mountain goat, but by 1908 the village was recorded as being an ethnic Armenian settlement in the Elisabethpol Governorate. In June–July 1991, during the Karabakh conflict, the hamlet was depopulated as part of Operation Ring and occupied by the Soviet 23rd Division and the Azerbaijani OMON. Footage of the days before the population's eviction was filmed by Bulgarian-born naturalised Armenian journalist Tsvetana Paskaleva. In September 1991, Armenians recaptured the dilapidated village but lost it again to Azerbaijan in summer 1992.

The village was later resettled by Azerbaijanis and renamed Vugarli, though the name Erkeç remains in common usage.

References

Erke

The erke (alternately: erque, coroneta, quepa) is a large labrophone (lip reed) instrument native to the Gran Chaco of Bolivia, northern Chile, and Argentine Northwest.

Construction

The erke is composed of two or more lengths of cane joined at the ends to form a single tube. The internal nodes of the canes are removed and the exterior is often wrapped with gut or wool. The end often has an amplifier made of cow horn or brass. The instrument is blown through at the other end, and may be three to seven metres in length.

History

Although in the latter half of the 20th century Andean folkloric musical groups have used the erke for secular music, among the indigenous and criollo peoples of the Andes the erke is used solely for ritual purposes.

Traditionally but not commonly, only adult men play the erke, and it is considered profane to play the erke outside of a ritual context. The erke is commonly played during winter, as it is believed that playing it in spring or summer can bring snow.

Çerkeş

Coordinates: 40°48′N 32°53′E / 40.800°N 32.883°E / 40.800; 32.883

Çerkeş is a town and district of Çankırı Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey.

References

Falling Rain Genomics, Inc. "Geographical information on Cerkes, Turkey". Retrieved 2008-03-13. 

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