Daf (tambourine) making in Iranian Kurdistan (Roj TV)

English subtitled

Kurdistan -- In a village near the Iraq border.

Faegh, a hawking player has three wives and 11 children. His work with his wives and children is to make musical instruments called Daf. Daf is the most famous Iranian music instrument with special connotation among Kurds. They make this instrument from sheep skin.

The ceremonies for making such an instrument are very interesting and bizzare, at the same time.

Faegh, his wives and children, after making the instruments, take them to the city and sell them to large stores for little money. They live in absolute poverty.

They are very professional and skillful players and perform for very little money every now and then. Because of the prohibition to play any instrument the women in Iran play only in all female gatherings and male performers in men's.

They accept trainees (especially children) coming from poor families and train them every night in order to learn to play Daf.

This film is a pattern of musical lifestyle of this out of the ordinary family who's survival depends upon music and we enter into the life of this strange family by the excuse of music. They play this instrument on the birthday of an infant and as well as in the mourning ceremonies.

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[dengemed]

@Mauromoustakos The children are blind

[Mauromoustakos]

Roj Bas!

Thank you for this very interesting and informative video.

What is wrong with the eyes of the children?

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