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Otyken (Отукен, OH-too-kyen) is a Russian Siberian indigenous music group that mixes elements of local folk music with modern pop, incorporating traditional instruments, lyrics, and languages. 'Otyken' [ a ] is a word that is used in Chulym language for a sacred place where warriors would lay down their arms and talk.
Margo was a professional recording artist by the age of 14. Along with brother Phil Margo, he was a member of The Tokens.The vocal group is best known for its hit recording of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", which rose to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and remained there for three weeks in 1961.
The Siberian folk band Otyken are known for singing in the Chulym language. The word 'otyken' is a Chulym word meaning 'a sacred place where warriors would discard their weapons and debate'. [18] There is an ongoing effort by the Living Tongues Institute to write a book in Chulym and make it available through mass media. [11]
Ötüken or Otuken (Old Turkic: 𐰇𐱅𐰜𐰤:𐰖𐰃𐱁, romanized: Ötüken yïš, lit. 'Ötüken forest' [1] or 𐰵𐱅𐰜𐰤:𐰘𐰼, romanized: Ötüken jer, lit. 'land of Ötüken'; Old Uighur: 𐰵𐱅𐰜𐰤:𐰘𐰃𐱁, romanized: Ötüken yïš; [2] Chinese: 於都斤) was the capital of the First Turkic Khaganate, the Second Turkic Khaganate and the Uyghur Khaganate.
Philip Frederick Margo (April 1, 1942 – November 13, 2021) was an American musician and author who was a longtime member of The Tokens, along with his brother Mitch. [1] They are best known for their hit recording of " The Lion Sleeps Tonight " which rose to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and remained there for three weeks in 1961.
They speak Chulym-Turkic language known as Ös and adhere to a religious mixture of Sunni Islam, Russian Orthodoxy and Shamanism.. The Chulyms were originally hunters and trappers.
The One Direction days are over, but Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik have continued to make music — and headlines — over the years. After forming and ...
The Tokens were an American doo-wop band and record production company group from Brooklyn, New York City. [1] The group has had four top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, all in the 1960s, their biggest being the chart-topping 1961 hit single "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", which borrowed heavily from the 1939 song "Mbube" by South African singer Solomon Linda.