Cuando la musica va mas allá de transmitir cultura, cuando el idioma de la musica es amor

Aprendí francés escribiendo todas las letras de la música que me flipaba. Me flipaba tanto que dejé todo por ir a Francia y conocer y aprender más de todo eso que me resonaba por dentro. Allí me fusioné con el mix de la cultura arabeafricanafrancesa. Canciones como esta a mi me enseñaron mucho de la vida y me ayudaron a desarrollar para mejor la mia

you say you’re christian but you use words like mashallah and allah yerhamo and stuff. confused..

bro……. wait til u find out christians believe in god too

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ohh yagoda like "berry" in many slavic languages:) its a name too here (jagoda)

I guess that makes sense in terms of a russian name being used in the northern water tribe which clearly takes inspiration from siberian cultural influences…. although idk why they couldn’t have given more water tribe characters actual indigenous names (e.g. in inuktitut or yupik) seems kinda like a missed opportunity -_-

Stealing this post because it’s so duchess Rana core 🫶 once she gets used to all the fancy outfits 😌

She's too cute

I’m sorry.I’ll do better.I just didn’t know what exactly to say because I’ve never felt with it before.That and it auto corrected me- But I am deeply sorry.

bless your heart anon – it's okay, i hope that you do take the time to do a little read into the region - it's actually really interesting!

and you know, here's a fun fact i've noticed a lot about people from iran and iraq specifically - the majority of my iranian friends prefer to introduce themselves as "persian" before they say "iranian" - it's kind of funny - and my dad, who's iraqi, much prefers to introduce himself as "babylonian" rather than iraqi - i think it's so interesting to see - that they're not eager to claim the nationality that has been carved out for them by the modern day division of the middle east (as per the sykes–picot partition imposed by the british), but are so proud to proclaim their heritage based on the greater history of their regions and their people. i think it's interesting, i think it's interesting. maybe i should start introducing myself as babylonian, like my dad. sumerian, actually, i think. i've always been so interested in sumerian culture specifically,, (it was one of my special interests, at a time!) and i've done so many research and art projects based in that history... ough. i should get back into it, maybe.

I just spent half a day arguing with someone who claims aph Spain is practically Arab because of Al Andaluz and I can't with people

That person didn't know any basic history. If Spain is Arab because of Al Andalus, India must be an exact copy of Britain and the quintessential Anglo Saxon society. And at least they do speak English, lol.

That person probably fed on all the Orientalist propaganda and ridiculous stereotypes about Spain. But the influence Arab culture had in Spain is minimal and superficial. Sure, there's some Arab influence, but it is pretty superficial and non transcendental to Spanish culture, society, or identity. Its biggest contribution to Spain was it acting as its adversary, hence reinforcing the Roman and Christian identity of Spain's population. They should just ask themselves what language do Spaniards speak and what is the predominant religion in Spain.

Also, just ask the person if they think Arabs are responsible for mass genocide in Spain and killed all native inhabitants so everyone in Spain is Arab now.

Tbh, I'm sure they don't even distinguish between Arab and North African/Berber culture, nor are aware of the process of Reconquista, let alone know the difference between Emirate and Caliphate, or the existence of the Taifa kingdoms.

Anyone who thinks Spain is an Arab country, or even somewhat Arab, because of Al Andalus, is either an ignorant/delusional fool, or a troll, or maybe both.

As for aph Spain, I would think nation personifications represent the people living in those regions. Since people living in Spain today are not Arab, not even remotely so, and are descendants of the Northern Christian people who repopulated the south + buckets of Christian people who lived in the south under Muslim rule but who never converted and were later assimilated again within a Christian, Greco-Roman, and Medieval European context and culture, I see absolute no reason to make aph Spain Arab, nor anything remotely similar. That would make as much sense as creating an OC of the Mexica (Aztec) empire and making him/her Spanish, or making India a Saxon warrior, or Nigeria a Viking sailor (actually, maybe even less sense, if that's even possible).

Cappella Palatina, Palermo (Sicily)~

Speaking of which j find religion fascinating and i do believe in god 100% but I just can't agree with any religion entirely.. sigh

My family sold all our heirloom jewelry decades ago too! :(

RAHHHH!!!!! no cuz literally what was the point of existing so long ago if u don't have snazzy shit 2 pass down 😮‍💨😒😤 relatives suck so bad.

Yknow I realized I honestly don’t know much about the cultural differences between North African and Eastern Sephardim…

Fr tho it will never stop being insane to me what shit y'all were apparently not taught

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also random thought but why do people hate so hard on the moroccan dialect of arabic. it’s literally a dialect…… no one cares enough to hate on other dialects nor do other peoples hate on dialects of their language as much as arabs do to each other.