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I'm sorry.
I've been so disgusted by the news lately.
I feel very ashamed to be part of the human race now.
What do I do?
Become a vegetarian?
I hate meat.
Stop demanding what I want all the time?
I will.
Pity everyone and pity myself?
I don't care if it's justified! It's not! On them or you.
It's not justified!
I don't care if you hate them! They are human.
You have a choice!
Please walk through this world without stepping on people.
I didn't lose my mother as a child!
I did not cling onto her dead body.
My guess is neither have you.
I found this write up with the video:
"Here is an extract of traditional Inuit throat singing, followed by a great song called "Inuit wedding" by the one and unique Sainkho Namtchylak, the famous Siberian singer, whose Tuvan singing style is close to the Inuit style. Originally, Inuit throat singing was a form of entertainment among Inuit women while the men were away on hunting trips. It was regarded more as a type of vocal or breathing game in the Inuit culture rather than a form of music. In Inuit throat singing, two Inuit women would face each other either standing or crouching down while holding each other's arms. Sounds produced can be voiced or unvoiced and produced by inhalation or exhalation. Both Inuktitut words and meaningless syllables are used in Inuit throat singing songs. When meaningless syllables are used, they are often portrayals of sounds the Inuit hear in their natural environment such as animal sounds or even water running down a creek. Unfortunately, there is no written record of when the Inuit first developed their form of throat singing which differs from the type found in Mongolia and other parts of the world that has some form of throat singing. The Inuit did not keep any written records and history was simply passed down from generation to generation orally. There has been a resurfacing of this traditional activity in the Inuit communities during the last 20 to 30 years. The revival of Inuit throat singing has been so popular that in September of 2001, the first throat singing conference was held in Puvurnituq, Nunavik, where different types of Inuit throat singing from different Arctic regions of Canada were demonstrated and shared. Enjoy this little tribute to the fabulous Inuit culture!"
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Thanks, Barndon. Sainkho Namtchylak is new to me. At first I thought it was Ayaarkhaan.
Super, I can never get enough of the "real" North American's culture. It is beautiful and sad to hear at the same time.
This song my Ahmad Zahir is probably his most famous (which is why such a uneducated person like me would have even heard it) but anyway, it's a great song.
The song is an ode to a beautiful girl who is explained as having lovely black eyes and fragrant black curls of hair. Of course from just having seen her on the street (after all he does not even know where she lives), the poor boy singing is willing to sacrifice everything he has for her.
The drums in the song are just very nice too!
Some of the lines are like this:
You have such dark eyes, may I be sacrificed for them.
Where is your home, may I be your guest there!
You have such black locks of hair, may I be sacrificed for them.
Your home has a place for me, may I be your guest there!
1000 times I repeat the secrets of my heart.
Of course it sound much better in Dari (Afghan Farsi) and even though it is prisitne in it's simplicity I hope that some of the original shines through.
Sing along?
chashme seya dari qurbanet sahwom ma, khana kuja dari mehmanet sahwom ma
chashme seya dari qurbanet sahwom ma, khana kuja dari mehmanet sahwom ma
zulfe seya dari qurbanet shawom ma, khna kuja dari mehmanet shawom ma
hazaran raz-o-dela gufta gufti; chashme seya daru qurbanet shawom ma, khana kuja daru mehmanet shawom ma
chashme seya dari qurbanet shawom ma, khana kuja dari mehmanet shawom ma
Here's a video of another extraordinary song. The video is a bit silly though (made by a fan) but at least you do get to see some old images of Ahmad Zahir himself.
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Red button works for me, woohoo! I love this style of music. Great story. A local college radio station plays alot of this stuff on Sunday mornings. The voices of the female vocalists cut right into my heart, its beautiful.
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Well Spoken! Peace,DenRA
Wow, such an empathetic post. Don't worry, Lennon said it best "Love is the answer."
Thanks, DenRa and Psuedomacabre.
You are right.
Better to really think before each word spoken, each thing eaten, each action done, and each step taken.
I have so many things to fix in my behavior and tongue.