http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nphCXNr_k_8
Even though I cannot understand what this women is singing on this video, I still thought it was pretty neat. You could see from the start of the video, the shakers she had on her ankles. Although it is Egyptian music it still resembles me a lot of what our music videos look and sound like here in America. Yal Rmosh is a very popular pop artist in Egypt.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YphM0WysOX0
I thought I would share this video to show everyone how different Arab weddings are from standard American ones. Usually at an American wedding reception people dance like in this video, but it is such a different way of dancing. You can really tell the people in this video are having fun by the way they all dance with one another to the smiles on their faces. In the background you can hear all sorts of instruments I believe some include some sort of flute, drums, some sort of strings, and a guitar. Typical for Middle Eastern music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BuWxGfHc_U
As Dr. Weeks took us through Middle Eastern countries on Thursday, it was so neat seeing so many pictures that you would never see in America. It is such a different world in India, Asia, the Milddle East. Through this video you see how serious Budda worshippers take their religion although I do not agree with worshipping Buddha, it is what they choose to do. This video gives a good depiction of what it is truly like every day when the time comes to stop what you are doing to worship and honor Buddha.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/Buddha_worshippers,_Shwedagon_Pagoda,_Yangon,_Myanmar.jpg
This picture is such a great shot of Buddha worshippers. I am not sure who the women are, even though I am assuming they belong to some sort of group because of their dress, but you can tell they take this time so seriously. Look at each women in this picture mainly at the expression on their faces.
I really enjoyed learning about the Middle East and India. In class there was something mentioned about Dr. Weeks taking a group to Egypt next Jan Term and I would love to go there! :)
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it is so neat how weddings differ from culture to culture. I have never seen an Arab wedding, that I know anyway, so thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThe singing from the first video reminded me of our singing, but I found the music pretty exotic.
ReplyDeleteThe girl yelling into the microphone at the beginning of the second video has a very low voice. Until I saw the microphone, I thought it was a man. I think it's interesting how some women choose to be very covered while others don't. I like the flute.
The Last photo is very good. The women look very serene and meditative.
My favorite 2 things from your cool stuff was the Eygptian music video and the prayer picture. The lady singing in the video is so beautiful. She is wearing very large earings which shows the culture. The video is exotic sounding. I loved the last picture. It makes such a strong statement. Prayer is very powerful to me. The picture really touched me.
ReplyDeleteI like the first link, it shows egyptian culture and it sounds like American beat. I also like the one of the wedding. VERY DIFFERENT FROM HERE!
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