Takam
takam azerbaijani تکم billy goat name king goat character featuring folk mythology azarbaijan iran takam effigy type simple rod puppet carved wood ornamented coloured glass bead chicken feather tail cock pole affixed takam passed hole plank held horizontally takam moved create illusion ‘he’ dancing surface plank operating traditional puppet person portraying takam referred takamchi تکم چی takam gardān meaning ‘the one manipulates takam’ chant special poetry azari called sāyā سایا tradition playing takam millenniaold invariably sāyās reference made natural landscape pasture domestic animal azerbaijan present tradition playing takam strongest ardebil takams originally played messenger bearing glad tidings arrival spring modern time takams also played connection variety special festive event conceivable takam pan greek god shepherd flock may common historical origin puck fair anthropological museum tribe azarbaijan sarāb english archived wayback machine persian archived wayback machine teke meaning tekem lyric azerbaijani