Discover the Wonderful Arts of Sudan
Fascinating Sudanese Songs & Music, Literature,Visual arts, History, Heritage, Events & Contacts
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Contemporary Sudanese singers
The people in Sudan are born with the passion for singing, as they hear songs all around them. Singing is the expression of their deepest feelings, their joys and sadness, their hopes and love, and their connection to each other. Here we concentrate on the traditional Sudanese song.
The great Masters of the Sudanese song
While Sudanese people were singing and playing music since thousands of years, mostly during gatherings in their community, technologies that emerged in the early twentieth century made the recording and broadcasting of songs possible, which led to the rise of famous singers and musicians who enjoy a large following up to this day.
Music and Musicians
Based on distinctive melodious tunes, mostly in the pentatonic scale, and various rhythmic patterns, Sudanese music emerged as one of the most sophisticated music types in the World, composed and played with passion by numerous talented and creative musicians from all-over Sudan.
Music Groups, orchestras and chorales
The general passion for music in Sudan - together with the sociable nature of the Sudanese people - gave rise to many orchestras, music groups and chorales. In contrast to the situation in many surrounding countries, often musicians and singers share their performances, as friends and not as rivals.
Composers and Musicians
In Sudan you can find many musicians, composers, songwriters and poets, all working together to create wonderful melodies and songs. Some very gifted and prolific all-round artists write, compose, arrange, play and sing their own songs, following the distinctive greatness of the Great Masters of the Sudanese song.
Sudanes dances
Love for music and song are not limited to vocal expression, it naturally incites the body to follow the tune and rhythm with gracious movements. Although this natural expression of feelings was suppressed at times, Sudanese always loved dancing, at events and concerts, with folkloric variations in various regions and communities.
Music and songs are the essence of Sudan
Music and song are as important to the Nubian community as breething air. Music is part of the beautiful nature most Nubians were living in, surrounded by the soft drifting and splashing sounds of the Nile river, the wind playing in the palm and foliage, the chirping of various types of birds, the sounds of their animals - all mixed with the laughter of the children.
It is this beautiful nature, which many Nubians now miss after having been displaced from their villages - which were flooded after the construction of the Aswan High Dam - that inspired Nubian music, rhythms and songs sung for thousands of years, They are lovefully sung and danced to until this day.
Nubians - as well women and men as children - sing all day long, while working, cleaning, cooking, creating beautiful household items and handicrafts, and especially in the evenings when they gather under a tree or in a room and share their art during artistic gatherings, or artistic sit-together.
That is how even young children love singing and dancing, sing on their way to and from school and develop their art into adulthood, some of them choosing to become an acclaimed singer or musician.
Singing and dancing lets Nubians express their deep feelings, share their mutual love and solidarity, entertain themselves during travel or field work, share their joy during festivities and get some solace during sad moments and coping with the hardships of life.
Follow us on this enjoyable journey through Nubian music and art, and enjoy the beautiful tunes and melodies, the exciting rhythms and let us introduce you to the great Nubian artists, singers and musicians.