Zalghouta | An Arab Tradition | زلغوطة من جدتي
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- The Zalghouta is an Arab Oral wedding tradition, where a woman (usually an elderly woman) poetically sends messages of a prosperous marriage to the groom or bride (here the moderator is sending a message to the groom).
The beginning of each message initiates with an eh, an example of what she may say aftewards"may we see you with a beautiful bride and an eternal love to grow with". The moderator may send an unrealistic message abounded with humour, to deliberately entertain her crowd.
The crowd then responds with a protracted and louder eeeyyyeeeh, which basically means 'yes' in Arabic, but contextually I'm not aware of its meaning. Every four messages the crowd will cheer with a collective "Lilililililili".
The content of the Zalghouta is not fixed and really is contingent by whoever performs it.
The Zalghouta is thus characterized by
i) The onset of the message with an "Eh"
ii) The crowds response with an aggregated "Ehhhh"
iii) The Zalghouta terminating with a lively "Lililili'
iv) The quality of the moderators vocal and poetic finesse
v) The engagement of the crowd.
This Zalghouta is performed by my marvellous grandmother. A woman of diligence, reverence and love.
What I love about this is, Everyone is Happy...
No alcohol at a wedding and they seem to be having a better time than most❤
Many of them are drunk muslim or not I don't give a f about it and them either alcoholic made the party so joyful tatatattatatataaaa
What a beautiful culture! Heaven will be when we can all dance together. Peace!
I'm Lebanese thank you for reminding me of what a Lebanese wedding looks like 😂
that wasn't the wedding! it was a pre-wedding event where the groom trims his hair haha.
Wild
Who is here after the shakira super bowl performance 🙏
Me
Vickie Natale me!!!
Guilty
Why is it that no one seems to have watched Dena before Shakira performed her ululation. I watched this several months before the super bowl trying to learn more about the iconic 90s warrior wonan war cry now anyone under the age of 30 has been brought here by Shakira.
Of course to be fair Lucy Lawless (ie Xena) was playing a fictional warrior and her cry wasn't typically a war cry. Shakira placed back I the rightful social mores, I just wish my own 90s awe hadn't been supplanted
How'd that I've expressed my sad inner [frost crystal] I have to say in love the attention Shakira had brought this ancient tradition. Dena ghar absolutely nothing on a true daughter of the real tradition
Shakira actually made a sound that Colombians do during caranaval.
Arab weddings are lit ❤️🔥
Dang I love that beat!! Arab women are so beautiful to me, young and mature.
For a second, I thought it was Mother Teresa on the microphone 😁
Hahaha
hahaha, that's actually my grandmother! she does it at everyone's weddings! one day I'll get married and make her perform a Zalghouta at my own. haha
Her grandmother doesn’t sell children and hopefully isn’t an unethical scumbag like teresa
@@animeandstuff5377 Bro... u actually thought she did that? What about the humanitarian work? U have the smallest brain I’ve ever seen
@@anakinskywalker9962 mother Teresa was a horrible person who said she enjoyed the suffering of others
Shakira brought me here......😋😛😜😝😋
Beautiful culture and language ❤️God Bless your Grandmother
Such a beautiful culture ❤️🌹
It’s actually present in many regions of the world. Even Natives of America. (North Africa, Eastern Africa, south East Asia...) but then there different ways to do it. Sometimes it’s more the uvula in the throat that is going up and down... :)
Yes but its done in all Arabic speaking countries by every one , i am a libyan our zagrotah is like the Egyptian and gulf countries zagrotah , in levant countries their zagrotah is similar but before the zagrotah is done they usually say some sentences ( like for example compliment for the bride and groom ) , in other north African contries , ex : tunisia , Algeria and Morocco their zagrotah is a little different .
@@mimimusa757 yes in Algeria, it is more in the throat, it comes the throat, from the inside, more emotionally powerful I think.
Recently got interested on this. I am from South Asia. It is very prevalent there. Especially in the southern part of the Indian subcontinent. Very old Tamil language literature sources mention this Ululation. some as old as 300 BC. So must have been practiced even earlier than that. It is called ‘Kulavai’. It is done for the same reason as in the Arab countries. I had never thought it existed outside of My culture in India and Sri Lanka until I came across some videos of Arab weddings a few years back. Could be an interesting research subject 😊
from mexico, so much love, your culture is amazing and rich
Idk what she said but that sounds lit 🔥
We also do this in our hindu marriage ceremony (bengal region) I think we adopt this from arab probably
Prasun Das it used to exist in Sumer which was not that far from ur region.
It's recorded in historic book that Arab merchant introduced this tradition when they come here for trade first read then speak
Ululation has been a part of Kashmir, Kamrup and Kerala/Tamil Nadu since a long time. It was earlier called Jokaar and used a means of intra village communication, where a particular number of repetitions conveyed a particular event.
@@nabarun83 I had read one story that when Arab traders used to come in our region from them we have acquired this
west bengal and Kashmir is not the same .... so different story @@prasundas6558
I hope your grandmother is still alive and healthy right now.
Thanks a lot for sharing this with the explantion in the description! Enjoying it from Brazil :)
So cool! You can feel the joy
I'm mexican and I ululate too
Samira Gandhi Ñunuvera natives from America use to do it :)
Cool! ^3^
jeno w noto at the end lolol every wedding without fail🤣 thats my SONG!!
Egyptians ladies do this to I’m Egyptian
I want to learn Arabic now
Go for it! It might be tuff but it’s a really beautiful language! -from an Arabic speaker lol
أحب لغتك والناس. احب الثقافة
My downstairs neighbours are having it right now, for the third or fourth time over the past six months...
loooool sorry arabs go HAM on weddings
@@Fifi-jb3yx No worries, they dont bother me anymore - I have moved :p
btw I think they were kurds
Shakira Shakira
Shakira
zaghrouta is not an Arab tradition, it is a general Afroasiatic tradition.
Exactly Arabs want to claim every single tradition in the Middle East as if they’re the only group in the Middle East
That deserves the chop! 👋🏽
🥁🌍 MASHA ALLAH
Xena brought me here
this is Interesting. Indian hindus(in west bengal region) also does this sound
It’s not just Lebanese but yeah
I love arab party
I'm here cause I learned Lucy Lawless was inspired by this for Xenas warcry. She couldn't imitate it, so ended up putting her on spin on it.
Warrior Princess 👌🏼
What music is playing during the introduction.
norain norainbows tablq and percussion solo- hagag meta'Al
Shukran. This American sister in NYC is loving it!
Thank you. Glad you are enjoying it. You should find it under Tabla & Percussions by Gamil Gamal Bashir ^_^
@@rima5791 HI there , Im trying to get in contact with you for asking permission.
So im hope that you will read my comments soon.
Not a spam , just a music producer who used audio of this video for one electronic track and trying to make things right way :)
@@rima5791 hey,I'm being annoying but I would really appreciate if you contact me so I can explain details.
I used audio from this video for one electronic track and before releasing I need your approval.
Here is my email, please just write me so I can explain everything.
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Sallam :)
Hi Rima , I would like to kindly ask if I could use some parts of audio from this video, so can we somehow get in contact so I can explain details ?
Tnx and Sallam :)
Xena convention 😍♥
Certainly NOT an Arab thing, it's an Egyptian Pharaonic North African tradition that was transferred to Asians in central, west and south Asia.
Who is here for Xena?
Quien más vino por el grito de Xena jaja
Shakira brought me here
cool video
bellissimo
WHY PARTICULARLY LEBANESE, NEED TO TRAVEL MORE
In Somalia ladies do this in war or wedding time 🇸🇴😂😂 I hate it so annoying
Bruh how is it so annoying 😭😂 I would beg my grandma every time there’s a family gathering or any type of events to do it.
🤔
This supposed to be an Islamic wedding?
I guess so. The majority look such.
Its Islamic wedding and arab wedding too
je prefere l'ambiance maghrébine
HASHMIRA#
I’m so glad that this isn’t my culture.
Stick in the mud.
@Kenzie Tawili American culture is the best. I love burgers XD
@Kenzie Tawili Our culture is our superior standards of living. We use cars, we live in single family houses, we have great infrastructure lol
@Kenzie Tawili The automobile was adopted in the United States. Single family houses aren’t common in the vast majority of countries. It’s mostly in Canada and the U.S. Everything that you like comes from the U.S.
@Kenzie Tawili That’s a way of living so it translates to culture. Also I didn’t just mention that but everything that you like like fast foods, Hollywood, American brands, that are from the U.S. Actually it doesn’t matter if you really like it or not because the world loves things from the U.S. Why there are McDonald’s in almost every country? Lol you think you’re so clever. What’s culture for you? Making weird dances, screaming and wearing the same clothes than people wore thousands of years ago? Not being civilized and living like people in the past is culture? LOL