26 October 2018
Lecture By Jassim Bin Harban and Live Show at Dar Al-Muharraq
Curtains fell on Bahrain 27th International Music Festival programme in the city of Muharraq , celebrated as the Capital of Islamic Culture 2018, on 27 October at Dar Al Muharraq, which hosted a lecture on “The Art of Women’s Songs”, by Bahraini academic and researcher Jassim bin Harban along with a live show.
During his lecture, Jassim bin Harban highlighted the immensely rich heritage of local Bahraini women’s songs, folklore songs and dances as part of socio-economic conditions that molded this art form. The identity of this oral art by women was deeply influenced by the geographical location, especially the Bedouin culture, farms and fields and the sea. Bin Harban highlighted the different types of women’s songs, such pearl diving songs, tambourines songs, love drumming rhythms etc.
Worth to mention that Bahrain’s 27th International Music Festival kicked on 18 October 2018 with Iraqi artist Hussain al-Adhamy concert at Bahrain National Theatre. Then the festival events continued to be presented accordingly in many cultural venues, such as Bahrain national Museum, Art Center and the Cultural Hall. The festival music concerts were from many countries, such as France, Morocco, Syria, Bahrain and Palestine.
In addition and coinciding with the annual Bahrain International Music Festival, the Bahrain Authority for Culture & Antiquities organizes a group exhibition titled “ Syncopation”. In this exhibition, Syncopation, a group of Bahraini creative talents, gathering artist Ali Hussain Merza, Maysam Al Nasser, Mohammed Haddad and Mariam Al Noaimi to present video works reflecting syncopation in our societies. Indeed, musically speaking” Syncopation” is a temporary displacement of the regular metrical accent in music caused typically by stressing the weak beat.
Bahrain Authority for Culture & Antiquities would like to thank the Daily Tribune newspaper, ‘Marhaba fil Bahrain’, “ Fact” and ‘ OHLALA’ magazines for their media support and the festival concerts’ coverage.
For more information, please visit the official website of Bahrain’s Authority for Culture & Antiquities at www.culture.gov.bh
