21A.453 Anthropology of the Middle East | Study MaterialsPhotographs, audio, video and additional reading.
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2013-01-12T04:30:10+05:00MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduen-USContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htmWedding Song<p>Directed and produced by: Susan Slyomovics, Amanda Dargan</p><p>This film brings the viewer into a Pakistani living room in Queens, New York, where Shenaz Hooda uses henna dye to paint intricate patterns and designs on the hands and feet of a bride-to-be, while the bride’s friends sing humorous wedding songs mocking her future in-laws. The film explores the exquisite mehendi body painting tradition as it is found in India and Pakistan and provides insight into new immigrant traditions.</p>Thumbnail - <a href= http://img.youtube.com/vi/UQqTMNJ3q7w/default.jpg>JPG (YouTube)</a><br>Video - download: <a href= http://archive.org/download/MIT21A.453S04/MIT21A_453S04wedding_song_300k.mp4>Internet Archive (MP4)</a><br>Video - download: <a href= http://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/wedding-song-henna-art-among/id534542443?i=116619431>iTunes U (MP4)</a><br>Video - stream: <a href= http://www.youtube.com/v/UQqTMNJ3q7w>YouTube </a><br><br><a href= 'http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/'>(CC BY-NC-SA)</a><br><br>
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Slyomovics, Susan2003-06-11T18:09:45+05:00en-USMIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htmThe Merchant of Art<p>Directed and produced by: Susan Slyomovics</p><p>Awadallah Abd al-Jalil Ali is the "merchant of art," a professional epic singer. The son and grandson of itinerant illiterate poets who have for generations recited the cycle of Arabic heroic tales called Sirat Bani Hilal. Awadallah narrates the epic and other tales in his repertoire in the marketplace, local small cafes, and at saints’ pilgrimage sites. He is also commissioned to perform at certain festive occasions, such as weddings, circumcisions, Ramadan breaking the fasts, and welcome parties to celebrate the return of pilgrims from the hajj to Mecca. Accompanying himself on the tar, the large Nubian frame drum, he sings rhymed quatrains in Sa’idi Arabic dialect. Filmed in 1986 in Awadallah’s home village of Mahamid, Aswan Governorate, Egypt.</p>Thumbnail - <a href= http://img.youtube.com/vi/4Q1qQl10bmI/default.jpg>JPG (YouTube)</a><br>Video - download: <a href= http://archive.org/download/MIT21A.453S04/MIT21A_453S04merchant_300k.mp4>Internet Archive (MP4)</a><br>Video - download: <a href= http://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/the-merchant-of-art/id534542443?i=116619430>iTunes U (MP4)</a><br>Video - stream: <a href= http://www.youtube.com/v/4Q1qQl10bmI>YouTube </a><br><br><a href= 'http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/'>(CC BY-NC-SA)</a><br><br>
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Slyomovics, Susan2003-06-11T18:09:45+05:00en-USMIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm