Lullabies of New York

Husniya Khuyamyorova and Citizen Folklorists of Endangered Language Alliance collected and documented traditional lullabies in languages spoken in New York with cell phones, cameras, ethnographic interviews, and still photography.

Mirgulova Shirmo, a Rushani speaker originally from Vamar in the Rushan region of Tajikistan, sings a Rushani lullaby. Part of the Lullabies of New York Proj...

At home in Brooklyn, thousands of miles from the Hunza Valley of northern Pakistan, Amina Bibi passes on the Wakhi language to her 1-year-old son Alhan - thr...

Ganjina Qurbonbekova, a Shughni speaker from Khorog in the Pamir region of Tajikistan now living in New York, discusses the famous Shughni lullaby she record...