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couple drink for God, Tauri while sitting, but they do not sing.” It was
customary to sing in the language of whatever God was sacrificed or
worshiped for. Songs and hymns sung in the Hattian, Luwian, Pala, Hurri
languages. There were separate singers belonging to each ethnic group
[10, p.1].
“There were singer lyricists Lu / Palwatalla, Lu / Kita, Lu / Halliyari, Lu
/ Nar and Lu / Alanzu, who attended the sacrifice and worship ceremonies. Lu
/ Nar and Lu Haliyari were both singing and playing the instrument. Palatal
chanted clapped hands. Lu / Kita's job was to shout” [4, p.87].
Soloist and choir were singing together in Hattian ceremonies. There
are refrains in songs. Most of the songs in texts on tablets are in Hatti or
Hurri languages. (In the texts the songs sometimes have as a text and
sometimes have just names like "The song of the Bulls”, "The Encouraging
Songs of War”, “The Song of the God Zababa” [4, p.88]. In addition, long text
like the legends of Kumarbi and Ulukummi were also named "Kumarbi
song" "Kumarbi song" and was sung in temples [10, p.2].
Music is common in the death ritual of the Hittites. It took place as
lament. Mourning is declared when the King and Queen die. In Hatusha,
everybody, old and young, had to take their flute and blow sad melodies.
In the community there were women who mourn and lament for the dead.
A person would say the name of the deceased aloud to the accompaniment
of music.
Instruments commonly used in Hittite Ensemble are as below:
a) Musical Percussion Instruments: Drum: (Balag.DI),
GIŞ arkammi, Def (GIŞ BALAG)
Darbuka / Dümbelek (HUHUPAL), Cymball Ring, rattle, bell up
“Sitrum”, Zil, Çalpara Dış Mari: Akind of Mızrak
b) String Musical Instruments Lir/Arp: GIŞ DINGI.INANNA (zinir)
There are several kinds of lyres such as follows GIŞ
DINGI.INANNA.GAL (hunzinar)
GIS DINGIR INANNA.TUR (IPPİZİNAR)
Lyre, büyük, ortave small sizes lyries.
Saz: (GıŞarkammi? GIŞ.SA.A.TAR). It is very difficult to distinguish it
from instruments such as bağlama, çümbüş, lute, oud and guitar. [10,
p.74] (But in examples Hittite saz mostly look like ashig saz in
Turkey.) Bowed string Instrument:
Rabab Kemençe (GIŞ.TIBULA)
c) Wind Musical Instruments are as follows:
Kaval (GI.GİD), Çifte Kaval, Boru (SI) savatar,(trumpet), Düdük(GI)
horn, borazan
CONCLUSION. Since the Hittites thought of gods just like themselves,
they always tried to entertain them with their own music and
entertainment methods in religious rites and the feast ceremonies.

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