Ziarekan by Sabzal Samigi URL: In fact, there are reasons to think that they are the descendants of the Lulismentioned in the ancient chronicles. In these chronicles, a fifth-century Persian king asked an Indian king to send him musicians so that his subjects could listen to music while drinking their wine. Ten thousand Lulis were thus dispersed over the territory of Iran to put their talent at the service of the people. Sabzal Samigi URL: It is impssible to verify whether these are the same tribes as those from which the present-day musicians of Balochistan are descended, which would make them descendants of the first Gypsies. In fact, there are many parallels between Balochi musicians and other groups who are also considered to comprise a part of the initial 'Proto-Gipsy' nucleus, for example, certain Sindi groups and the castes of Langaw musician of Rajistan. Festive Songs Feasts on the occasion of a marriage or circumcision are important social and cultural events in which music plays a large role.
Wedding songs in genres called Salonk and Nazenk for the groom and bride, respectively, belong to the most purely Balochi layer of the repertory, which also includes lullabies and funerary chants. Each stage of the feast corresponds to particular songs. Marriages provide the occasion for singing both Sawts ----popular songs on themes of love and separation, and ghazals, which typically use learned Persian poetry.
Most of these traditional songs can be performed by the participants, but these days, hosts prefer to invite a variety of instrumentalists and female vocalists----all amplified----to give more cache to the event. Balochi Folk Song by Sabz Ali Bugti URL: Even during the intimate ceremonies reserved for women, it is possible to engage a group of male musicians to animate the party. To describe all the stage of a complete wedding would take too long, but brief descriptions of a few of the central events will show how music in involved.
Laila O Laila by Late. Faiz Muhammad Baloch Aye Naz Husn-e-Wala by Late. Faiz Muhammad Baloch A wedding takes place several days and is announced in the street by performers playing the Sorna, a loud oboe, and Dohl, a drum. In the house of the bride ( Banur) a curtain is drawn down the middle of a room, behind which the young woman remains for several days, tended to and fed by 8 or 10 women who are close to her. Each evening the women feast, sing, and dance among themselves while playing the Dohl and Kuzag, an earthen water jug.
Meanwhile, the men have erected a high tent canopy ( Tanbu) in the courtyard or in the street and pass the time singing and dancing under it. The first evening, the hands of the bride are decorated with henna ( Enny) while the women sing songs ( Nazenk) that correspond to this ceremony, as well as other songs. Another evening, they wash, make up, and apply perfume to the bride, all the while singing still other songs.