Originally Posted by Lucky 1

I always liked this song and every time I hear it I think about the group of young Iranian students who made a video dancing to it....only to get in serious trouble with the Muslin government for dancing, wearing makeup, wearing western clothes, fraternizing with the opposite sex in public .... Not wearing a hijab in public etc.

Me thinks the Iranian students just want to be happy and have some fun and the Muslin government needs to have a coke and a smile and shut the **** up!

Here's the video.....and of course the Iranian government demanded that it be taken down...but it never was

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYnLRf-SNxY

Originally Posted by sentient

I know metal is not everybody’s cup of tea …. But there is ….

French/Tunisian metal :icon_eek:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnFtZZp7f-c

An Indian metal band :icon_eek:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gsy5sJy5_34


The Tunisian piece is very Nightwish’y, so I enjoyed it.
The Indian drums and the guitar were good ....

How curious …

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Originally Posted by sentient

My introduction to Iranians/Persians were my neighbours in Sydney who had been political refugees and who had spent yeeeears living in hippy Goa, India - heh.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHj8tGL3uwM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfdqlM-1w6A

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Originally Posted by Anala

sentient, is that a sitar in the first video with the flute! Lovely sound!

Are people of Sydney accepting of the immersion of the influx of so many culture? The dance and music are diverse and beautiful. :smile:

Originally Posted by sentient

I trust the place for hippies in America was California, but for Europeans and for many others it was GOA – India:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippie_trail

So these Persians who had fled their country for India & Goa had been exposed to more than I could have ever been able to dream about :D It must have been mind-blowing for them.

That sitar-flute piece had their & that Goa “vibe” :hippy2: .... lovely people.

Australia is very multicultural and I have thoroughly enjoyed this aspect living here.

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Originally Posted by Miss Hepburn

Did I see 'sitar"?

This is my big chance :tongue: to say I sat front row center in front of Ravi Shankar
and his 2 fellow musicians - oh, that tabla!
What a memory in a small auditorium.

Originally Posted by Anala

I miss culture, music, cultures. I live in a very isolated place. Oh well, next lifetime! :biggrin: