Takam
Takam ( Azerbaijani: تکم for "my billy goat") is the name of the king of goats, a male goat, in the folklore of Azarbaijan, Iran. ''Takam's'' effigies are made out of wood and ornamented with coloured glass beads and cock's tail feathers. A pole affixed to a ''Takam'' is passed through a hole in a plank which is held horizontally, from below which the ''Takam'' is moved as though it is dancing on the surface of the plank. While doing so, the person playing the ''Takam'', who is referred to as ''Takam-Chi'' (تکم چی), or ''Takam Gardān'' (meaning, the one who turns around the ''Takam''), chants special poetry which in Azari is called '' Sāyā'' (سایا). The tradition of playing the ''Takam'' is millennia old and invariably in all ''Sāyā''s reference is made to natural landscapes,Photographs showing some of Azarbaijan's beautiful landscapes:

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Takam-Chi
Takam-Chi ( Azerbaijani: تکم چی), or Takam Gardān (meaning, the one who turns around the ''Takam''), is the person who plays the ''Takam''. Both ''Takam'' and ''Takam-Chi'' are Turkic-Azari words. ''Takam-Chi'' is also the name of a recent Iranian motion picture (2008), directed by Yadollah Samadi. The dialogues of this film are partly in Azerbaijani and partly in Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the .... References * The Anthropological Museum of the Tribes of Azarbaijan, SarābEnglish

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