A carpet weaver in Fars, Iran
BARBARA KLEIN: Many of this year’s cultural traditions involve music.
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Flamenco from Spain combines music, dance and song. This intense music expresses emotions such as joy, grief or pain. Flamenco dancers use their feet to pound complex rhythms. Guitar music adds to the emotional performance. Flamenco is performed in many areas of southern Spain, including Andalusia.
Marimba music and singing are performed in the South Pacific area of Colombia. The area’s African ancestry influences this music.
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Men and women sing to the beat of hand-made musical instruments including marimbas, rattles and drums.
The music is sung for special events including religious worship or to mourn someone’s death.
STEVE EMBER: The Angklung musical instrument from Indonesia is made out of bamboo. Each instrument produces only one musical sound. So, several musicians are needed to play a song. Angklung music is often played to mark important events such as rice planting and harvesting.
Ojkanje singing is a tradition in villages in the Dalmatian area of Croatia. It is performed by two or more singers.
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Singers use their throats to produce a special sound. Each song lasts as long as the main singer can hold his or her breath.
These songs can be about subjects including love, politics and current social events. These throat-singers must pass down their skills to younger generations for this tradition to survive. But as more and more young people move to cities, there are fewer people left to carry on this special tradition.
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