ARAFAT DAĞINDAN is a mystical ancient folk song from the city of Akmescit (Simferopol). This song is mysterious. It tells a story about a person who conquers Arafat. And after returning from a pilgrimage, receives the honorary title of Haji.
Arafat is this waterless desert valley, which is located near the Holy Mecca. According to the Islamic sacred tradition, the first people Adam and Eve, after being expelled from Paradise, searched for each other for a long time, and met in this valley from afar, recognizing each other. The word "arafat" comes from the Arabic root "arafa" which means “to recognize”.
When we started recording this song, suddenly, the equipment shut down for the first time in three days of work. The musicians anxiously said that it was impossible to play it, they asked: "Jamala, what is it about? This song just lifts off the ground."
When we got to the stage production, director Viktoriya Fedorovych said that when she was writing the script for this song, the computer turned off, the lights were suddenly off and nothing worked. Then she raised her head and said: "I am not of this faith, but help me, let me do the trick!" And she offered to make the stage as if we were looking through the patterns of different windows on the stage, but we cannot 100% become a part of it.
Akmescit is one of the cultural centers located in the heart of the peninsula. The name is translated from Crimean Tatar as "white mosque" - in honor of the mosque made of white stone, which is now called Kebir Jami. This city has notable religious buildings, architectural and cultural attractions, and picturesque surroundings.
Thanks to Artem Roshenko - composer and arranger, chief conductor - Volodymyr Sirenko and the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine and all the employees and management of the National Opera of Ukraine!
Vocalist, creative producer, sound producer, arranger: Jamala
Chief sound engineer: Maksym Hladetskyi
Sound director: Serhiy Golovin, Andriy Shahadynets
National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine. Folk musicians:
Trumpet: Akhtem Ablyatipov
Clarinet: Sadri Dzhelilov
Violin: Shevket Ablyalimov
Accordion: Shevket Zmorka
Piano: Andrii Vasin
Vocals: Alim Jamaladinov
Project managers: Yulia Biloshitska, Seit-Bekir Suleymanov
Director-producer: Viktoriya Fedorovych
Assistant director: Valeriya Boyko
Editing director: Valeriya Dobrovolska
Light director: Oleksandr Manzenko
Set artist: Natalya Klisenko
Technical director: Dmytro Fedoriy
Decorations: Gagarin Media
Sound: FRANZ AUDIO
Light: show-light company "Extravaganza"
Light artists: Oleksandr Manzenko, Yevhen Zhuravlev
Screens: MEDIATECH
Video editing: Pavlo Kolchin
Filming managers: Viktor Chornomyz, Dumich Rostyslav
Visual art: Nazar Myasoedov, Daria Myasoedova, "Trent Puzzle", Oleksandr Voloshyn
Studio BLCK BOX: Georgy Sagitov, Oleksiy Tyshchenko, Anton Shevchenko, Oleksandr Labushevskyi, Yan Golub
Operators: Oleksandr Konovalov, Oleksandr Zhuravskyi, Vlad Guzenko, Pasha Poliychuk, Serhiy Melnichuk
Costume designer: Yuriy Zhuykov
Make-up artist: Svitlana Kanarska
Hairstylist: Nodira Turajanova
Proofreader of song texts - Zuleikha Kadri-Zade.
Literal translation from the Crimean Tatar language by Esma Ajieva.
Poetic recitation in Ukrainian - Ilya Fetysov.
Translation into English and poetic rendering in English by Yuliyan Kitasty.
Proofreading work, translation and poetic recitations were created within the framework of the project of the public organization "Alyem" "Unifying Senses" with the support of Switzerland.
Event partners: Embassy of Switzerland in Ukraine, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Ukraine, "Suspilne Culture", "Radio Culture"
In memory of Serhiy Krutsenko.
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29 июн 2023
