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Saya (poem)

Sāyā is the type of poem or song that a Takam-Chi chants while playing a Takam. The words Sāyā, Takam and Takam-Chi are Azari words.

Saya (artform)

Bolivian dance made with Andean instruments expanded south. The Caporales: The '''Afro-Bolivian (from Kikongo nsaya, communal work led by a singing voice, akin to work song) is an art form of traditional Andean and Afro-Bolivian music and dance which originated in the Department of La Paz, Bolivia. This dance originated in the jungles of the Yungas ares of La Paz Department. Enslaved Africans were taken to South America to work in a range of industries. Their customs, music, was merged with the native cultures gave rise to mixtures. The specific history of many of these practices has disappeared, but many authors have worked to identify cultural survivals in Afro-descended groups throughout South America.

Many dances have been derived from the Saya. Caporales was based on these dances, created and presented to the public for the first time in 1969 by the Estrada brothers who were inspired in the Afro-Bolivian Saya character of the Caporal . This character was, in turn, inspired by the foreman on the haciendas of the Yungas.

In the present day, Afro-Bolivians have used the Saya in their struggle to reclaim their rights within Bolivian society. In this movement, the Saya has functioned both as a way of expressing and solidifying Afro-Bolivian identity among black Bolivians, and as a way to express their identity in the context of national social movements based on ethnic identities.

Many festivals where the dance is performed a prominent religious aspect. One supposedly dances for The Virgin Mary and promises to dance for three years of one's life.

Saya (folklore)

Saya (Turkish: Saya, Azeri Turkish: Saya) or Sayaqan (Turkish: Sayagan) is a summer feast and festival Turkic and Altai folklore. Arranged for the god that called Saya Khan (Turkish: Saya Han or Zaya Han). So this is a blessing, fertility and abundance ceremony.

Usage examples of "saya".

The sheer doom that was upon his group did not change the fact that he wanted to eat, nor did it change the fact that he felt queer when the Saya looked at him.

Because of it, though, Burl was able to disregard his terror when Saya regarded him yearningly.

But Burl abruptly pushed his way clear of the small crowd and scowled for Saya to see.

He moved hesitantly toward the edible mushroom which would be food for Saya and the rest.

He had not meant to desert them, or even to take Saya permanently from among them.

He did resent that they were near when he wanted to talk to Saya in what he did not yet think of as lover-like seclusion.

But Burl was somewhat reluctant to admit his fear, and Saya lingered close to him.

They wandered aside from the cave-mouth, and Saya found completely primitive and wholly atavistic pride in the courage of Burl, who was actually not afraid of the dark!

Burl and Saya crouched among the rest, and became drowsy and comfortable.

And presently he came out of breast-high weeds with Saya close behind him and the others trailing.

Burl and Saya, together, carried the meat back to the blinking tribesfolk.

When Burl and Saya walked aside from the cave, the dog trotted amiably with them.

Burl and Saya went out early one morning with the dogs, to hunt for meat for the village.

It was half a dozen miles away and perhaps a mile higher when Burl and Saya prepared to intervene professionally on behalf of the dogs.

Then Saya flashed her cloak before the beetle, so that it seemed a larger and nearer antagonist.