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You are viewing a brand new, shrink-wrapped North African (Tunisia) / Folkloric Music CD, "ARAF / Aisha Ali ~ Tunisian Dances CD", featuring the various musical folk dance traditions of the Tunisian countryside. Instruments include mizwid, zukra, bendir, darbouka and tabl. Great for many types of dance, including ATS. Araf is well known for its publication of high quality audio and video field recordings collected from the Egyptian and North African countryside. We carry all Araf / Aisha Ali CDs and DVD Videos. From the Associated Research Arabic Folklore (ARAF), this CD, recorded in 1977, features the various musical folk dance traditions of the North African countryside. Instruments include mizwid, zukra, bendir, darbouka and tabl. Female vocals are accompanied by kaman. The Hadara songs are accompanied by violin and tar. Tunisian Dances has a variety of Tunisian dance music from different regions, as well as some haunting hadra songs for the bride about to leave her Father's home. Some of the Tunisian music on this CD can be heard performed live in the DVD video, 'Dances of North Africa' available in our store. As with all of Aisha's CDs and videos, the cover notes are informative, extensive and educational. The Tunisian folk music presented in this album was collected in 1977 by Aisha Ali with the assistance and guidance of Salah AI Mahdi, the noted ethnomusicologist who was at that time Director of the Ministry of Culture in Tunis. The collection focuses on traditional dance music interspersed with a selection of folk songs. Except for the Hadara songs which are accompanied by violin and tar, the dance pieces are played on either the mizwid, a goat skin bagpipe; or the zukra, a folk oboe; as well as bendir, a frame drum ; tabl, a large two headed drum resembling the Turkish davoul; and darabukka, a goblet shaped clay drum.
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