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Arabian weddings in Oman are multi-day celebrations involving hundreds of participants, announcing to the community a union between two individuals, families, or tribes. In a rapidly modernizing society, weddings are also occasions for Omanis to keep their distinctive regional arts alive. This recording features a diverse assortment of performances by organized groups, which combine singing, poetry, dancing, and instruments including cymbals, drums, a conch trumpet called jim, and the oboe-like mizmar.Recorded in 1990, this previously unreleased album from the UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music captures the sounds of a typical wedding of Omani Arabs in the Batinah, the northern coastal region of Oman. Album Tracks 1. Azi 2. Henna Songs for the Bride 3. Ghina Nisa 4. Lewah 5. Badawiyah 6. Ghina Nisa 7. Qurbah 8. Ritual Hair Cutting 9. Zaffat Al-Mu Aris
