Assyrian youg men dance in Hassakeh, Syria

[Rocketjay12]

I'm a 2nd generation Assyrian American. I just recently lost both my parents and feel the ties to my Assyrian heritage slipping away. Thanks for this connection to a bit of our culture!

[Atouriina]

Hehehe you guys look like you're having tons of fun :)

but.... kena yalikhyateh? :P 

[nhraim]

@noobster257 you're probably not aware, but there is ADLS now in Hassakeh with up to 6MBPS, even more in Damascus and Aleppo.

if your house is on hanano st, that probably means our families know each other.

[nhraim]

@noobster257 not that much, like 10 min I think, why?

[nhraim]

@noobster257 euh, yes I did, adsl internet from the hotspot (Wi-Fi) on the hanano street... why? انت من بيت مين؟

[Assyrian6759]

at the end he is holding a syrian flag in his hand

We are assyrian people

it s like an assyrian dancing with a german, french or american flag



[BareFootDancer25]

I am going back this year, cannot wait. :)

[ashie123]

yay!!! i love syria! and i miss hassakah SO much damn it. i have to come back this year <3 the best time of my life

[nhraim]

then if you do, we'll see you there :_)

[ashie123]

:-) I look forward to it.

I just want to say, that anyone who THINKS of leaving Syria and moving to a Western country is a complete idiot (and I know most of you think like that).

You'll NEVER be able to dance on the street like that in any other country. If I had a choice I would be living in Syria so you should consider yourselves lucky. You may not have a lot of money, but you have spirit. you wont find that same spirit anywhere else

[rencrow]

Mashallah keep up the spirit guys

[bazneta4eva]

You guys are havin Funn !! Good job to the ones dancing God Bless

[Hanan1277]

wlah i miss Hassakeh.

[DaLiLyA84]

riba spai.....)))))))good boys.....

[sarahsarah0123456]

GOD bless you and al hassakeh the city that never sleeps

[nhraim]

hey thanks, you're so sweeeeeeeeeeet.

[sarahsarah0123456]

holly wow you got a lot of views there. I from Al Hassakeh too

[DontReplytoComment]

They are having a BLAST!

[iraqihemi1]

omg nice bro

[Assyrian333]

Looks like fuN!!

[AssyrianSweden]

god bless all assyrian brothers/sisters

[1U42E]

sehr Schlecht. warum weise ich wohl auch nicht

[stuya1]

Awsome! Anybody knows the name of the song?Thanks!

[crazyxchaos2]

ALAH that was beutiful.

[kadette16d]

god bless syria and all of its mix cultures arabs, assyrians, kurds, christians, and moslims; iam a syrian arab and i love all of my syrian brohters kurds, assyrian, moslims and christian syria is mother to us all salaam to hassakeh from halab (aleppo)

[nhraim]

يا عيني عليك, ما في احلى من السلام ما بين الشعوب

[chilosito]

THESE GUYS ARE COOL!!!

[jfalower]

oh my lovly city where did you take this video? its been about 10 years since i left al hasaka in 1998 !!

[nhraim]

Glad you liked it, Al Hassakah changed much from what it was 10 years ago... That dance was organized on Hanano street just before it meets Fardosa street (that's all behind the Syrian Orthodox church)

[jfalower]

thank you for the video and for your info!! what about AL NASHOA did it changed .

[turuanu]

That was beautiful to watch. I would have loved this dance to have been causeless, but even though there was a reason, everybody knew it, and could join in. The West has lost this cultural aspect; for them to go dance means to go get drunk. For one the West is so culturally mixed it's hard to keep dancing tradition, plus most stupid men in the West will say that dancing is for women and gays...

[samuel1776]

There's nothing like a party in small town on the street where the whole neighborhood is involved, Unfortunatly I grew up in Baghdad where I never had the small town feeling but I know my father and gradfather that come from Habbaniyah know what this is all about. Drink until you drop, no DUI no cops no headaches.

[Juventus123paa]

What is the name of this song?

[AFFAssyriska]

Isn't this the bagyie dance ?

[nhraim]

For that, you'll need to ask experts on the subject.

shlama

[assyrian2NV]

Its infact the Peda dance, similar to the Shaykhani and Khazade except the music and melody is faster

[ArmenSur]

Shlomo, is there many assyrians in Hassake. This seems to be Assyrians from Iraq, the music has a Iraqi feeling over it.

[nhraim]

Shlomo, there is over 25 thousand Assyrians in the Khabur valley nowadays. They are the Assyrians that emigrated from Iraq to Syria in the 30's some 10-15 years after they had emigrated from Hakkari, Turkey into Urmia and N-Iraq.

[ArmenSur]

okay tx for the quick answer.

[samuel1776]

You're right, my mother was born in Khaboor although my uncle was born in Baghdad but the Diarayeh tribe went to Syria after Malik Yako in the 30s sometime.

[samuel1776]

Yes, there are thousands of Assyrians from Iraq in that area. You're right the beat has the Assyrian from Iraq to it, but you never know.

[saleem43]

congragulations for your great perfomance,you made every assyrian proud of our heritage.Long live assyria.

[nhraim]

I think the merit goes to the heroic Assyrians of the Khabur valley!

[yousif87]

wow..really awesome! love the way they dance! khaya atoor! thx for sharing!