1b Work in pairs. Read and say where the text is taken from. Yalla (Cyrillic: Finna: pronounced talla] in Uzbek) is a folk rock band from Uzbekistan. Formed in the early 1970s. Yalla went on concert tours in Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America, including performing at the Voice of Asia festival . The most famous song of Yalla was "Uchkuduk", and it was the most popular hit in the 1980s. The leader of the band is Farrukh Zokirov. Their music mixes traditional folk tunes and poetry of Uzbekistan and other Central Asian and Middle Eastern cultures, along with modern pop and dance music, into a unique international blend. They perform songs in more than 10 languages, includ- ing Arabic, Persian, Hindi, Nepalese, French, as well as Uzbek and Russian Yalla is still very popular in Uzbekistan. Some new hits came out, such as "Uzbekistan and some more. ​