by Luka Kumor | Apr 2, 2020 | Uncategorized, main_en, minorities, postcolonialism
SEGA TAMBOUR FRENETIC RHYTHMS AND WORD DUELS. THE FASTEST AFRICAN DIASPORA MUSIC IN THE INDIAN OCEAN. After 36 hours sailing east, the Mauritius Trochetia, a run-down merchant ship loaded beyond usual capacity, reached a scrap of land...
by Luka Kumor | Jan 9, 2020 | stories, stories
the behind-the-scenes of Mono Egypt compilation. A tale about the people, instruments and musical cultures encountered. he so called traditional Egyptian music and the phenomenon of its creation are not very well known in the western world. One of the last guilds...
by Luka Kumor | Jan 9, 2020 | minorities, stories, postcolonialism, ritual
NUBIAN WEDDING A tale from the present-day Nubia. River spirits and Faddika processions at the modern concrete estates. Lake Nasser divided Nubia into two parts. One hundred and twenty thousand people were resettled....
by Luka Kumor | Sep 29, 2019 | stories, postcolonialism, postcolonialism, ritual, ritual, stories
MULID SUFI FESTIVAL IN EGYPT THE CHAOTIC JOY OF SUFI SAINTS FESTIVALS IN EGYPT AND THE SHA’BI CULTURE OF EGYPTIAN STREETS I n the eyes of an educated liberal, the traditional culture of the Middle East is synonymous with backwardness,...