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The music of nomadic Bedouin tribes preserves an older form of Arabian folk music. Bedouin music is closely linked to its text, and sung poetry commonly accompanies functional activities. This example is a Yamania song that originated among the fishermen from the Arabian Peninsula and Yemen. Such songs are said to have great power and are connected to the practice of exorcism. They are usually accompanied by the simsimiyya, a five-stringed lyre.
"Yamania Song" from Bedouin Music of the Southern Sinai (Cat.# Folkways FE 4204) (p)1978 Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings. All rights reserved.
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