Evenki folk song «Matchmaking»
Гилуй, гилуй-эникэн
Экунмарканэн
Юктэлэксо урэ
Сивэлэкту урэ
Гунделчатынэ
Гилуй, гилуй-эникэн
Юктэл элбэнин
Сивал элбэнин
Окен, окенни?
Арбамкачаси
Окен, окенни?
hунтамкачаси
Бияюгу бияю
Баргигадяс баргивулдям
Тутыивэ чуннимчалдям
Куктывэ чуннимчалдям
Нюрбагева садем
Садеми, cадемме
Олексейба бэевэ
Гундеми онни
Олексейба бэевэ некэдемэнэн
Gilyuy, Gilyuy-mother
Something of my own
Near the mountain with a spring
Near the mountain with tender grass
They began to talk!
Gilyuy, Gilyuy-mother
The breadth of the springs
The breadth of the place with tender grass
What is it, what is it?
The smallness of that
What is it, what is it?
The depth of this
Me, me
From the opposite side
I cross.
Like a wild pigeon, I coo,
Like a cuckoo, I cuckoo.
I know your Nyarbach,
I know, I know.
Aleksey, a man
I desire.
Avelova (Malchakitova) Anfisa Pavlovna (born in 1932), Metakar family. She was born in the Chita region in the Nichatka area in the family of a hereditary reindeer herder-hunter. Spoken languages: Evenki, Yakut and Russian. From early childhood, she experienced nomadic life and absorbed the culture and language of her people. All of A.P. Avelova's work is connected with the traditional livelihoods of the Evenks. Before her well-deserved retirement, she worked as an accountant, cashier-fur trader in the Chita region and Yakutia.
A.P. Avelova is a nimngakalan storyteller, a performer of folk songs. As a performer, she was recorded from a young age since the 1960s of the 20th century. Thus, her knowledge and performing skills of folk songs were used in the works of the famous musicologist A.M. Aizenshtat, Evenk folklore researcher G.I. Varlamova, and ethnomusicologist Yu.I. Sheikin.
In the songs of Avelova Anfisa Pavlovna, the manner of singing of her ancestors is noted, which is distinguished by its protracted nature, the addition of additional syllables (bi-yayugu, bi-yayu) to match the rhythm. The chants of the Uchur Evenks of the Buta clan begin with a double repetition of the word "eyan" - a flow, which is distinguished by its protracted nature.
A well-skilled connoisseur of folk art, A.P. Avelova is currently the only storyteller and performer of Evenki heroic tales - nimngakans. Her repertoire includes the traditional performance of heroic tales of the eastern Evenki. The most famous nimngakan recorded by her is the tale "Torganai", which has rightfully entered the golden fund of the Evenki people's epic. As a bearer and great connoisseur of the Evenki ethnic culture, she has extensive knowledge of Evenki folklore.
A.P. Avelova takes an active part in music festivals and conferences of various levels - international, Russian, regional. Together with a group of folk performers from Yakutia, among 400 participants from different countries, she took part in a music festival dedicated to preserving the culture of the indigenous peoples of the world. As part of the festival, in December 1997, she performed on the stages of cities in Canada and the USA. In 1997 and 2000, in Yakutsk, she performed at an international conference on musical ethnography.
In 2018, Anfisa Avelova was given the award - a badge "For services to the Evenki people" and awarded the title of Honorary Citizen of the Aldan District by the Association of Evenks of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).
В настоящее время, несмотря на свой солидный возраст, Анфиса Павловна является пропагандистом культуры коренных народов Якутии. Передает свои знания и умение молодежи. Много работает с учеными-фольклористами, заботясь о том, чтобы традиции и культура народа сохранились в новом времени.
Currently lives in the village of Topolinoye, Tomponsky district of Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).
Photo from the personal archives of Nadezhda Prokopyevna Nikolaeva
According to the collection of G.I. Varlamova and others. Folklore of the Evenks of Olekma /
Olonkho Research Institute of the M.K. Ammosov North-Eastern
Federal University