Chakrulo

{{Short description|Georgian polyphonic choral folk song}}

"Chakrulo" ({{lang-ka|ჩაკრულო}}, transliterated: chak'rulo) is a Georgian polyphonic choral folk song. It is a three-part song from the region of Kakheti, dramatising preparations for a battle.{{cite web|title=Chakrulo|url=http://caucasophilia.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/chakrulo.html|website=caucasophilia.blogspot.co.uk|accessdate=25 February 2017}} It is characterised by two highly ornamented individual vocal parts over a choral foundation.{{cite journal|last1=Tsitsishvili|first1=Nino|title=National Ideologies in the Era of Global Fusions: Georgian Polyphonic Song as a UNESCO-sanctioned Masterpiece of Intangible Heritage|journal=Music and Politics|date=1 June 2009|volume=III|issue=1|doi=10.3998/mp.9460447.0003.104|doi-access=free}}

When Georgian vocal polyphony was recognized by UNESCO, as an Intangible Heritage masterpiece in 2001, "Chakrulo" was cited as a prime example.{{cite web|title=Georgian polyphonic singing - intangible heritage - Culture Sector|url=https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/georgian-polyphonic-singing-00008|website=UNESCO|accessdate=29 April 2024|language=en}} "Chakrulo" was one of 29 musical compositions included on the Voyager Golden Records that were sent into space on Voyager 2 on 20 August 1977, and Voyager 1 on 5 September 1977.{{cite news|title=The Untold Story of How "Chakrulo" Ended Up in Space|url=http://www.georgianjournal.ge/discover-georgia/28321-the-untold-story-of-how-chakrulo-ended-up-in-space.html|last1=Gabrichidze|first1=Manana|accessdate=21 July 2016|work=Georgian Journal|date=25 September 2014|archive-date=16 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816081734/http://www.georgianjournal.ge/discover-georgia/28321-the-untold-story-of-how-chakrulo-ended-up-in-space.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Voyager - The Interstellar Mission|url=http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/spacecraft/music.html|website=Jet Propulsion Laboratory|publisher=NASA|accessdate=24 February 2017}}{{cite book |last1=Sagan |first1=Carl |title=Murmurs of Earth : the Voyager interstellar record |year=1978 |publisher=Random House |isbn=0394410475 |pages=154, 204–205}}