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| The Art of Jewelry |
The Tatar art of jewelry is national proud of the Tatar people. It is one of the most ancient kinds of folk arts, connected mostly with the national, especially women costume.
| | | Traditional Tatar music |
Traditional Tatar music, as well as any other art, has gone through the long way of historical development. Tune and intonation (pentatonic) and rhythmic peculiarities have common features with music traditions of Turkic and Finno-Ugric nations of the Volga region, which allows suppose the connection between lyric Tatar melodies and historic music epos of pagan epoch.
| | | Tatar wooden architecture |
Artistic peculiarity and traditional intricacy of folk art are brightly shown in Tatar wooden architecture, tracing its roots deep in the ancient times.
| | | National costume |
The clothing of the Kazan Tatars is interesting and original and seriously differs from the clothing of other nations of the Volga region.
| | | The Art of Calligraphy, Shamails. |
The Tatars are the only nation in the Volga region practicing Islam. The God in Muslim religion is an abstract concept, and His image hasn't been cultivated, that in this respect differs Islam from, for example, Christianity or Buddhism.
| | | Embroidery, weaving |
Embroidery is one of the most ancient and popular kinds of women's fine art.
| | | National Arts of the Tatars |
The historic and cultural heritage of the republic of Tatarstan is very rich. Combination of at least four types of mutual cultural influence (Turkic, Finno-Ugric, Bulgarian and Slavonic-Russian) as well as the two religions (Islam and Christianity) determines the originality of this region, the peculiarity of the Arts, the cultural and historical treasures.
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