yazlta
Yazlta is a ceremonial chant associated with the fictional Yazl people, commonly used in worldbuilding and speculative fiction to illustrate ritual music. The term designates a vocal performance that accompanies agricultural rites, seasonal celebrations, and collective storytelling. In the fictional Yazl language, yazlta is thought to derive from a root meaning "memory" with a nominalizing suffix, though exact etymology varies among scholars within the imagined culture.
Performance practice typically features a lead singer delivering a repetitive melodic line, joined by a chorus
Regional variants exist within different Yazl communities, each with their own instrumental emphasis and verse cycles.
See also: chant; ritual music; intangible cultural heritage.