Marriages provide the occasion for singing both Sawts -popular songs on themes of love and separation, and ghazals, which typically use learned Persian poetry.
Wedding songs in genres called Salonk and Nazenk for the groom and bride, respectively, belong to the most purely Balochi layer of the repertory, which also includes lullabies and funerary chants.Įach stage of the feast corresponds to particular songs. In fact, there are many parallels between Balochi musicians and other groups who are also considered to comprise a part of the initial "Proto-Gipsy" nucleus, for example, certain Sindi groups and the castes of Langaw musician of Rajistanįeasts on the occasion of a marriage or circumcision are important social and cultural events in which music plays a large role. It is impssible to verify whether these are the same tribes as those from which the present-day musicians of Balochistan are descended, which would make them descendants of the first Gypsies. Ten thousand Lulis were thus dispersed over the territory of Iran to put their talent at the service of the people. In these chronicles, a fifth-century Persian king asked an Indian king to send him musicians so that his subjects could listen to music while drinking their wine. In fact, there are reasons to think that they are the descendants of the Lulismentioned in the ancient chronicles. Even if the Ostas occupy a modest position, they can at least boast of belonging to prestigious lineages of musicians. The Ostas appeared among the Baloch tribes (particularly the Rend), offering to put their music at the service of the tribes ancestral knowledge. Other dances include the Lewa, which is thought to be of Arabic origin, along with Latti and Hambo said to be of ancient Balochi origin, are also very popular.īalochi music achieved an extraordinary development which is due in great part to a type of artist and artisan cast whose members are called Osta (master) and whose origins are unknown. On various occasions, women also move in a circle clapping their hands. In this dance men gather and dance in groups, clapping hands with the movement of foot, neck and head with rhythmical music on drums. Another common Baloch folk dance is known as Dochaap.
A special religious dance is carried out by a Baloch sect known as Chogaa. Thanksgiving dances are made of joy at the time of positive weather changes and harvests, which are collectively performed in groups. The instruments used are mainly a flute, locally called Nal, Tamboora and Soroz. Most of the Balochi Music is based on Zaheerag which is a kind of melancholic music. Music has a significant role on all occasions except ceremonies of death.
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