Iranian port music on YouTube :-)
MathFreak NoMore
Iran enjoys a vast shore to Persian Gulf.
Throughout aeons lots of Blacks from Africa
ended up landing there, many Indians too, and
result is that today our southern people are
darker in skin. They came, worked, married
and mixed, lived and died. But also their music
fused into Iranian music and created a unique
type we call "Bandari", meaning "belonging to
ports".
With the advent of YouTube you now have a
chance to take a look for yourselves :) I
have given the links below. All the lyrics
are in Persian (the Bandari dialect of it,
that is). When listening to them you may want
to forget the video parts, they're either forgeries
or Low quality stuff by non-experts. Just
listen to the tune. There is a strange combination
of African, Iranian, and Indian in the music. Very
unique. Try to distinguish these elements in
them and Enjoy:)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4adyYMcliFc&mode=related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAxZHheFRCk&mode=related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61ELzvOkHDA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZSYflqPy10&mode=related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Le2j2mSxL0&mode=related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hffSDr8DvxA&mode=related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgcZWwaBBmY&mode=related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duue_MCy-rI
And one slightly closer to the origin of it
(video of it is forgery):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcE6xiSlmHs
To see the instruments used:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVI7vIvIhfQ&mode=related&search=
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"MathFreak NoMore" <MathFre...@FakeAddress.com> wrote in message
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you are right, strange how the world is coming together in music that way.
I think it's cool, and I'm in Texas
Noticed that in Jordan about 10 years ago as it started.
Bob Cain
> Iran enjoys a vast shore to Persian Gulf.
> Throughout aeons lots of Blacks from Africa
> ended up landing there, many Indians too, and
> result is that today our southern people are
> darker in skin. They came, worked, married
> and mixed, lived and died. But also their music
> fused into Iranian music and created a unique
> type we call "Bandari", meaning "belonging to
> ports".
Many, many thanks for that!
I couldn't help but imagine how much fun all those people would be
having if the weren't so miserably oppressed. ;-)
Bob
--
"Things should be described as simply as possible, but no simpler."
A. Einstein
MathFreak NoMore
> MathFreak NoMore wrote:
>> Iran enjoys a vast shore to Persian Gulf.
>> Throughout aeons lots of Blacks from Africa
>> ended up landing there, many Indians too, and
>> result is that today our southern people are
>> darker in skin. They came, worked, married
>> and mixed, lived and died. But also their music
>> fused into Iranian music and created a unique
>> type we call "Bandari", meaning "belonging to
>> ports".
>
>
> Many, many thanks for that!
>
Oh you're welcome Bob.
I placed the first link first because it gave a better
chance to see the ingredients. Close to end of the song
(from exactly the second of 4:15) the singer defaults
back to the pure Iranian part and leaves the rest of
the tune to aimlessly drift away. Unfortunately the
dancers, oblivious to this fact, kept dancing with the
African/Indian part not knowing that the center of
gravity of the song had shifted (they should've stopped
dancing for a few tranced moments - eyes closed - until
the singer comes back and brings the song together
again). Anyway, the videos, none of them, were the
point. The amazing amalgam of Iranian-African-Indian
that the tunes represent ware. The speed can be much
slower (like in the partial one, danced with a couple
of young Iran-freaks) where the ingredients are better
felt.
It's just kool to see those who arrived and lived and
died ages ago are still very much present. In our genes
and so noticeably in our music. It is as if they're
still here...
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crushes individuality IS despotism, by whatever
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