Paragon Posted November 23, 2007 Boortuqaal soulful music....was introduced to me years ago by a marxist friend of mine in university. Fado has been known to have served different purposes for those who used it as a communicational tool. For many years, the marxists, and other stripes of socialists have used it as a common language of the average mass. As a result, the music has been banned by successive governments only later to have these governments to embrace it and to use it to their advantage. Today, Fado is undergoing a revival period and its reach is being globalized. It would be no wonder if other societies take up Fado for its raw, soulful power that strikes a cord in the inner self. Having said that, I do not wish to forget that in the Balkans, there exist semilar sounding music that, whenever I hear it, fills me with sadness - considering the region's recent political and enthnic crisis. A voiced lamentation and the cry of the wounded soul. On the contrary, Fado has no ingredients of sadness or sorrow for me at all. Rather, I listen to it to extract myself from life's reality of material presence that always occupies all the senses, driving attention away from meditation of the soul. Other music with such effect on me include Bulgarian, Uyghur folk, any music with Rabab and Ochestral Taarab music. Homayun Sakhi gracefully playing the Rabab I attended some tabla classes 5 years ago but couldn't master it - had to settle for listening to it instead. Grand Orchestre De Zanzibar - one has to listen to this piece of music art. Enchanting! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
