sephardic music

[rofrno]

My ancestry is Sephardi Jewish, but I was born as a Muslim because my family gradually changed their religion. But I am still proud of my JEWISH roots!

[phoenixhazard]

@rofrno sadly this is not an uncommon story, many jews were converted for one reason or another. In Spain an enormous amount of them were once jewish but forced to convert during the inquisition, and now a lot are very racist and anti-semetic in espana, very sad

[blessedeternally7]

I love it!! This is my kind of music! Muy hermosa :).

[Gwynsek]

Lovely,and what´s even better,it´s Jewish ,not muslim !!!

[MrHalohalo85]

@Gwynsek whats so better about it being "Jewish ,not muslim !!!" ?? Secular music has no religion, dumbass!

Plus, if it wasn't for the Muslim caliphates in Spain and North Africa, this music (the Sephardic musical tradition) wouldn't even exist. I can tell someone is obviously consumed by some sort of useless, bitter hatred.

[Gwynsek]

@MrHalohalo85 What makes you think you have the right to call someone dumbass and not being called back,jerk? All your historical nonsense has been debunked by serious scholars with many links on the web about the myth of the Andalusian "paradise" so swallow your ignorant arrogance and read about the Jewish Naqba in WW2 and the yelow star mark initiated by Caliphs to mark jews ,which Nazis later imitated . See the many parades in which muslims call to murder jews before you accuse others,lol !

[macaron28]

@ ukusapillage--------- your postings are filled with darkness and condemnation for your supposed brothers---- JEWS, which makes me think about the tradition that in this day and age, due to galut and gilgul, some people who appear to be JEWS, are not, and vice-versa, that there are a number of JEWISH souls concealed in apparently GENTILE bodies and only the MOSHIACH would know which is which. We are commanded to love our JEWISH brethren, as the TORAH, HASHEM, ERETZ ISRAEL and the JEWS are ONE.

[koobie83]

I love it. I have just discovered my Sepphardi roots. My family always spoke about our family roots in Spain and we had something to do with fighting the Armada.. but I never believed it. Doing family history research I found that I am descended from the Sepphardi. I am so proud!

[ukusapillage]

its messianic jews who have found jesus and mostly found love in their hearts who speak better for jewish people as being the light of god over the gentiles, not the closed minded, hate filled ashkenazim and sometimes sephardic who see this world in totally material form, then want to lead the people of israel into the spiritual reign, one cant not live without the other but they are not the same, jews make their fortunes and find their protection on the gentiles and then betray them-unholy

[ukusapillage]

i have noticed that as sttuborn and sometimes ambitious sephardic might be its ashkenazi who are abrasive and almost fundamentalist regarding religion and other races, its ashkenazim who are nazis backwards calling goym inferior race exterminating arabs, and not wanting to move the meaning of the scriptures into the 21 century relying on the opinions of 16 century rabbis for the talmud and old testament... todays rabbis are out touch with todays problems... faith means-light over darkness

[ukusapillage]

being part sephardic its really strange being brought up in highly christian country seeing judaic costumes and orthodox zionist judaic values, they seem drk and filled with obcessive almost radical religious meanings, witch i hate like i hate when religion leaves the realm of spirituality into the real world and makes people blow themselfs up or kill others, judaic religion is about spiritual realm of metaphisical joy of life and love sharing of wealth and family, not money grabbing, wars

[ukusapillage]

jews are a race with specific dna witch can be seen in most jews from the very firts cohanin marker with was a jewish rabbi maybe one of the first from the time of abraham, sephardic and ashkenazim have it that means that some sephardic went north while others stayed in the medit region of spain italy turkey morocco many went to germany poland etc and had white wifes and husbands sephardic were more pure an only married between themselfs or maybe other christians by conversion im part sephardic

[e1g0nz41i70]

que hermosura de música! El Sr bendiga a Israel! tiene similitudes con la música andina colombiana... que mundo pequeño

[125678986532]

hermosisima musica definitivamente como quisiera saber el nombre de la cancion si alguien la sabe por favor diganmelo

[saidnassif75]

what is the name of Jewish music program? I liked the music, but can not figure out the name of the program.

[JohnJE123]

This wonderful music is not Middle Eastern, but North African "nuba," the classical music of Morocco (and Tunisia and Algeria). Neither is it specifically Jewish, except when SUNG in Hebrew or Judeo-Arabic. (This is not to deny that famous professional musicians in North Africa were disproportionately Jews before 1948.)  It is awesome to see and hear it on Israeli television!

[JohnJE123]

This wonderful music is not Middle Eastern, but North African "nuba," the classical music of Morocco (and Tunisia and Algeria). Neither is it specifically Jewish, except SUNG in Hebrew or Judeo-Arabic. (This is not to deny that famous professional musicians in North Africa were disproportionately Jews before 1948.) It is awesome to see and hear it on Israeli television!

[xoom200]

its arabic music

[EElviraM]

Hermosísima Música....gracias por compartirla con todos nosotros....EElviraM.

[pedroperezfarias]

@EElviraM

EElviraM: "Hermosísima Música..."

Así es!

Gracias!

[Vubo1]

Esto sí que es arte! ¿con este tipo de música se habrá criado Jesús?

[genesssa]

they have their religion in common, they have their history as a people in common even if they also have different histories. and not all american jews have a lot in common with spielberg or stewart; what is the point of making stereotypes? and even if no one has anything in common, can we only appreciate what we already know and claim, or is it possible to know and love other people(s)? the music is beautiful. is there something more important than that to say about it?

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[xgotfiveonitx]

i just dont see what american jews have in common with middle eastern jews. it seems to me that they are arabs of the jewish faith, just as there are arabs of the christians faith, in other words the original people of the faiths. it seems to me that middle eastern jews have more in common with palestinians, culturally, ethnically, language, food, and music, than they ever would with american jews like steven spielberg or jon stewart.

[astellamari]

@xgotfiveonitx arabs are arabs of different religions.jews are jews(race&religion) where ever they are from in the world.you can not be an arab jew.yes to sephardi and mid east jews having things in common with arab culture but there are sephardi americans.steven speilbeg etc are ashkenazi jews(from the cold countries in the east)

[xgotfiveonitx]

@astellamari jews are not a race, its just a religion. how can a white man from russia be the same race as a black man from ethiopia? lol so yes there are arab jews, who not only look middle eastern, but are culturally, ethnic, culinary and language wise arab. so what do american jews have in common with them? aside from religion, nothing. they dont speak yiddish and dont eat bagels.

[WipeTheNazis]

@xgotfiveonitx Sorry to disappoint you but all jews came from the ancient hebrews

Also you can find the Y-chromosomal Aaron in most of the jewish communities and it's Scientifically proven

[xgotfiveonitx]

@WipeTheNazis what is scientifically proven is that most european jews are white khazar's who hold no middle eastern dna. its next to impossible to trace a direct line of descent from someone who lived that long ago. virtually anyone today alive could be one of his descendants. try googling more about dna. but ill agree with your id name, as a brown man in america, those neo-nazis frighten me calling us 'mud races' and all that other junk. thats why i dont hate jews we may have our disputes.

[Masterlink981]

@xgotfiveonitx Well, umm... as a Jewish Roman-Catholic. I would like to inform you that we Jews are Hebrew. WE do have Middle Eastern DNA. Sephardi Jews are the original Jews and lived in Muslim countries for long times at end. We got along with the Muslims, and they are STILL are friends.... (At least in America) But over in the Middle East... they are Anti-Semetic. No matter how many times we helped them out.

[xgotfiveonitx]

@Masterlink981 'hebrew' is not a race, its a language spoken in a particular country. do you yourself speak the language? jewish, and 'roman catholic' are religions, not a race. and i hope your mom is jewish, cuz under isreali law you are not a jew unless dear old mommy is one herself. if your european, european ashkanazi jews hold no middle eastern dna. semetic languages are arabic, how is that being 'anti semetic'? zionism is racism and we see its persecution of palestinians so gimme a break.

[Masterlink981]

@xgotfiveonitx I know you are trying to believe that all Jews are just a bunch of white people.... WE ARE F******* HEBREW!!!!

[xgotfiveonitx]

@Masterlink981 i never said that. some jews are white, but others are arabs, black ethiopians, indians, afghanis, iranians, turkish and even chinese believe it or not! hebrew is just a language. jews are not a race, its just a religion and nothing more. if jews are 'race' then so are christians, ha!.

[Masterlink981]

@xgotfiveonitx XD yeah agreed. yes, i'm white and arab, and chinese... i'm pretty much the un in one white package. XD

[xgotfiveonitx]

@Masterlink981 no that would make you a white european khazar. do you hold chinese or asian dna? no you do not. do you hold arab dna? no you do not. you are nothing more than a russian. tell me what country in europe did your grandparents immigrant from again? cuz that would be your nationality, you religion is simply jewish.

[jjgnbf]

Me suena mas a arabe que ha sefardi , sera que he oido mas canciones en las que se canta con el estilo del Castellano del siglo XV.

[jaym8]

I have a Habbit of saying the word shepardic,

[TROPICALRAPTURE]

An emotion for me hear this kind of music, that I like very much, and of course it was brought to Brazil by the "bnei anussim" from Sefarad, when several people fled persecution in Spain and Portugal in the XVI century and certainly is, together the Middle Eastern music, one of the references in the brazilian musical culture, mainly in the brazilian northeast regional (folk) music with its polyphonic side.

[vassephardi]

Good video.

[vassephardi]

Very good video.

Thanks.

[Caballero532]

Muy Buena Música…

Y De Las Ejecuciones Instrumentales Sin Comentario Alguno Ya Que La Interpretación Lo Dice Todo.

[shawneechief]

Πολύ ωραίιο ευχαριστώ.

[samoleable]

what is the instrument that looks like a harp turned 90 degrees?

[mail2onur]

@samoleable

It`s kanun. Middle-eastern and/or Turkish instrument.

[absy1983]

This is the same traditional moroccan music of Fez!!

I like.

[IngridAtenea]

¡ME ENCANTA! ¡FASCINANTE!

[samybagdady]

Beautiful Music. No different than our Arabic music!! Thanks

[Silverbluecrest]

wow they play their violin in a realy strange way.

[Skaterboiva]

What is the name of the song that begins at #t=1m57s

[niove20]

I need know the name the of song, please¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

[ishkaprielian]

turks steel any thing they can, music, language and land. thats their nature.

[remakebeat]

@ishkaprielian

and make it better? :)

[kailahsahar]

Listening to this reminds me of my childhood and hearing my grandparents play this. TODA!

[SaucySababaman]

now this is jewish music, not that crap that the ashkenazi's play, with no rithm, style, or culture.

[IngridAtenea]

VERY NICE!!!

[CELIBERICO]

when I was young I use to say" Wow, Jesus, music" lol

which I always loved..........since a boy......

[tayfunguttstadt]

Hello everyone, I suppose that this is composed in turkey or under turish influence, because this form is one of the most typical in turkish classical music, called "Saz Semai", always starting in 10/8 and then switching to 6/8 or antoher faster rhythm. normally they would have toswitch back to the main part of the 10/8.. anyways thanks a lot for posting!

[DMPineau]

@tayfunguttstadt

Very likely, most Sephardic Jews emigrated either to the Maghreb or the Ottoman Empire after the edict of Alhambra exiled them from Spain. There is a great deal of Turkish influence in Sephardic culture as a result.

[kingsammythecat]

greek, turkish, balkan... each culture influenced the one the other and thats why middle eastern music is the richest in the world!

[ForgottenEasternJews]

@DMPineau Don't forget that in present day Israel, middle eastern Jews are referred to as Sephardic. The actual Sephardic Jews who fled Spain and settled in Turkey and N Africa were largely influenced by the local indigenous Jewish Population because the local Jews were much larger in number.

[atropon]

Does anybody knows who is the composer of this semai (music form 10/8 - 3+2+2+3- and the final part is on 6/8) and what makam is it? Very nice music!!

[oct43]

Is the man on the far right of the screen playing a banjo?

[simonaris]

@oct43 It is called a cumbus. It is not a banjo but the construction is very similar. Playing style and sound is however more like an oud which it is supposed to resemble.

[3333face]

verry fantastic

[nicomateo23]

Viva La Musica Sefardita! Si Señor desde Tucson Arizona!

[nicomateo23]

Oh My goodness, what beautiful music!

[ihatescorpions]

Loved it!

[sepharadflorida]

It is middle eastern music. Sephardic Jews grow up in this traditions for centuries in Muslim countries both learn from each other cultures. I think Sephardic Jews has many things in common in regards to the style of pray and music when it comes to religion. But the instruments are all Middle Eastern Instruments and mostly used by Arabic people. Thanks for your comment.

[ForgottenEasternJews]

@sepharadflorida Stop saying "arabic people". The original arabs are the people from the deserts of Arabia who conquered much of the middle east. You could say

"But the instruments are all Middle Eastern Instruments and mostly used by middle eastern people. Thanks for your comment."

Thanks for the video from a sephardic Jew.

[mail2onur]

@ForgottenEasternJews

You are right. This music is created in a multicultural environment of Ottoman Empire, in Izmir, Istanbul and Salonika. Ofc Sephardi Jews were one of the contributors to this culture as well. Actually it was Sephardi Jews who bring middle-eastern, north african music style to Istanbul after 15th century, not the Arabs.

So, this type of music didn't evolve by the Arabs.

Turks, Armenians, Sephardi Jews and various Balkanic people created this and this is our common music

[Superslash]

@sepharadflorida I think you have that backwards, Muslim nations grew up around the Sephardi jews who had been in the region for about 2500 years before Islam existed...

[moulhid]

@Superslash this music has born in Andalus in the period between 711 and 1492, is iberian jewish an muslim music. Now in Morocco an Argelia, this music is very important. Excuse my bad english. Saludos

[xgotfiveonitx]

@Superslash as a muslim i would have to admit that there is a certain amount of truth to that. but givne the larger muslim populations i think the two religiouis communities grew up around each other, but both were the same arab ethnicity and race.

[Masterlink981]

@sepharadflorida I'm Sephardi Jewish and Roman-Catholic. Yes, we Sephardi Jews do eat couscous, and other traditional Muslim foods. We also have the same style of music and prayer. We do not eat pork.... though I do admit to eating cheeseburgers and shrimp egg rolls.... :P

As for the no pork thing. I don't eat pork simply because I like being kosher and it hurts my belly if I eat it.... 

[xgotfiveonitx]

@Masterlink981 good for you, its a disgusting animal anyways. sephardic jews are arab jews. there no such thing as 'traditional muslim foods', since plenty of middle easterners, arabs, and assyrians alike are in fact christian. thats why i say that european jews have nothing in common with arab jews other than just religion and thats it. you say you are roman catholic, where does that come from? i mean which religion do you actually follow? do you dangle a cross around your neck?

[Masterlink981]

@xgotfiveonitx I wear a rosary. I believe in Jesus. But I celebrate Jewish traditions. Which means... NO PORK! ^_^

[JudeaIsrael]

@Masterlink981 Yeah you don't eat pork. GOOD! You are Jewish!!! Yeah!! Well Wait!!! No you are not!!! BUT you are better than these american ashkanazi jews here. I doubt their Jewishness in terms of genetics or in terms of religious observance. Hannukah and camping outdoors are their biggest occasions. LOL By the way, I'm a Mizrahi Jew living in US. I'm telling you by my experience

[Masterlink981]

@JudeaIsrael I'm Hebrew-Catholic.... and yes I keep strictly kosher.

[JudeaIsrael]

@sepharadflorida Jews originated in middle east and majority of Jews until about 500 yrs ago still lived in Middle east and N Africa. There were about 15 Semitic civilizations in middle east and only Judaism has survived to this day in terms of culture and religion.

Some western Jews (ashkanazi) think "ah this sounds middle eastern". I answer YES OF COURSE. JEWS ARE SEMITIC MIDDLE EASTERN PEOPLE. SO THEIR MUSIC IS ALSO ORIGINALLY MIDDLE EASTERN. SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE SO IGNORANT!!!!

[leslietrav]

Sounds like the Middle Eastern music that I'm familiar with--the percussion, and especially the instrument which looks and sounds like an Oud. Is it an Oud? Or is there a different name for it in Hebrew than in the Arabic? Very nice! Thanks for posting.

[EncompassedRunner]

I like learning of new things, this is new to me, now will look for a CD of this...thanks!