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‘We searched for ladies over 70’: on the trail of Jordan’s forgotten folk music
An arts organisation has been seeking out and recording the region’s traditional music and is teaching the lyrics to young singers
Her great-grandson, Ahmad, had learned the tune as part of the I’m My Voice project run by Tajalla for Music and Arts, a cultural organisation founded by Russol Al Nasser. We had folk songs for weddings and others for mourning.” However, according to Nasser, rural-to-urban migration, and the diminishing role of agriculture, has meant “altering our rituals, causing us to lose pieces of our heritage”. We don’t hold auditions, and possessing a melodious voice isn’t a prerequisite to join our choirs Russol Al Nasser The research extended beyond Jordan’s borders, disregarding the British and French colonial boundaries that divide the fertile crescent.
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