#tt_intermediate People’s traits In the past lessons we learned how to use adjectives and degrees of comparison. Let’s now learn some useful vocabulary to describe people. For describing superficial traits we have a lesson on body parts and appearance, but we all know it’s inside what really matters! keşeneñ sıyfatları – personality traits  xolıq – character üz-üzen totu – behavior, conduct eçke dönya – inner world uñay (positive) – tiskəre (negative) *️⃣ Words marked with an asterisk * can be converted to their antonyms by replacing -lı/-le with -sız/-sez, or by adding -sız/-sez when no -

If you want to learn basic Tatar dance moves, there is a fabulous playlist by the State Song and Dance Ensemble of the Republic of Tatarstan. What makes Tatar dance especially rich is how differently it's expressed across ethnic subgroups and regions. There is a video of a dance of Urmay tatarları, a Mişər Tatar group from the Chăvash village of Urmay, whose dance is characterized by a lot of hopping and tapping. Perm tatarları are known for very wide, swinging movements, a style recognizable by its generosity of motion and brightness. The dancing of the Tatars from Yərmək awılı in Samara dis

#tt_culture Tatar dance Tatar dance reflects centuries of rural life, seasonal ritual, indigenous connection to the native land, and regional diversity. Much of what we know about its traditional forms comes down to Ğay(nulla) Tahirov (1907–1995), a Tatar ballet dancer, choreographer, ethnographer, and teacher, who set out in 1931 on a research expedition to capture how local people move. Traveling from village to village, he recorded dance patterns, collected folklore, and published "100 Tatar folk dances", a book that remains a foundational record of traditional Tatar movement and costume,