Turkmen music is nomadic and rural, and is closely related to Kyrgyz and Kazakh folk forms. Travelling singers and shamans called bakshy , who act as healers and magicians and sing either a cappella or with a sort of lute called dutar.
References
- Broughton, Simon and Sultanova, Razia. "Bards of the Golden Road". 2000. In Broughton, Simon and Ellingham, Mark with McConnachie, James and Duane, Orla (Ed.), World Music, Vol. 2: Latin & North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific, pp 24-31. Rough Guides Ltd, Penguin Books. ISBN 1-85828-636-0
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