HMU111H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Radio Television Afghanistan, Dutar, Frame Drum
Document Summary
Music & religion case studies in music & islam. Binds together a community with common purpose. Love of music and dance: people celebrated with music on fall of taliban, hidden radios. Mullah mohammad jan song about lovers separated by the class system. Local folk song strophic (verse, chorus, interlude) Armonia, rubab, dutar (two string), tabla (instruments) Amateur (shauqi) those who know or play music but do not earn money from it: the science of music is revered. Professional (kesbi) hereditary occupational specialization, earn money: low status, necessary for entertainment (weddings, events, etc. ) but socially reviled / treated with suspicion. Vocal example (from radio afghanistan, 1973) with armonia (harmonium), delruba (bowed lute) and tabla. Burqa (covering for women) as : protest (against taliban suppression) worn by women playing music, disguise (safety, means of attracting attention (irony?) Campaign to eradicate music in afghanistan & nw pakistan. Murder of musicians, destruction of instruments, harsh treatment of women.
