In this video you get to hear the opening of the song "Arabian Nights" sung in Arabic!! I love Aladdin, which is set in the fictual setting "Agribah." Alladin is based off of the stories The Arabian Nights which as our book says, "which are set in Persia and Mesopotamia (present day Iran and Iraq.)" So please enjoy this and feel free to notice any of the qualities of Arabic music we discussed in class in this awesome disney movie!
My first link explains how Yogi's appear to levitate. Wikipedia explains what Yogis are, "The word is also often used in the Buddhist context to describe Buddhist monks or a householders devoted to meditation."
This makes me think of Thursday's recording of Monks droning with their voices. Although levitation may not be quite as magical as I thought, there is something very mystic about the Monks singing.
Thursday's presentation got me thinking about snake charmers, and here's a video where we can watch it. My Question is this - if the snake charmers eventually let the snakes free so they won't die in captivity, won't they die in the wild since most snake charmers remove the venom sack? Back to music - The instrument the snake charmer is playing is called a pungi. It is made from a bottle gourd. Wikipedia elucidates HERE
I love the movie Aladdin! Well, I really love Disney movies in general. It was really interesting to hear the song being sung in Arabic. The second video was very informational. It was slightly dissapointing that they were levitating by sitting on something hidden, but not very surprising. I agree with you that the magical part is the chant. Beautiful singing is not easily faked. (without technology anyways.)
ReplyDeleteI watched the video about levitation. I wonder how many people they really fool? I have seen yogis jump. They will meditate for a long time, then start springing into the air while remaining cross-legged. It's quite bizarre. The reporter in the snake charmer video cracked me up when after holding a snake by the tail for a couple of seconds, he kept saying, "you can take it back now."
ReplyDeleteThoes Snake Charmers are amazing! They had snakes of all different sizes all in their own baskets. How many snakes did they end up catching on that trip? What kind of trust in your instrument does it take to have the instrument and a stick being the only thing between you and a snake!?
ReplyDeleteThis is wonderful! I will have to let my daughter hear the recording of Aladdin in Arabic. This is a great representation of middle eastern music. Not quite sure why we're looking at your friends injury though lol
ReplyDeleteoh haha because I mentioned in class, when we talked about the Galapagos, that my friend was 1 of something like 20 people recorded to ever been attacked by a sea lion!
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