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The Yup’ik or Inuit tradition is one of the most fascinating out there partly because of how different everything is from what we are used to in the west, inclu
by ironmagma 6y ago
The Yup’ik or Inuit tradition is one of the most fascinating out there partly because of how different everything is from what we are used to in the west, including music. [1][2]
[1] https://youtu.be/_Q005ElC2Ew https://youtu.be/_Q005ElC2Ew
[2] https://youtu.be/fPI2dXcn8Vw https://youtu.be/fPI2dXcn8Vw
- throwaway_pdp09 6y agoThe first link is very reminiscent to a CD of native australian aborigine music, even quite similar at some points. I'd like to know if the inuit or aboriginal people see music in the same way we do, as an entertainment[0], or something else. [0] A fair bit of classical western music historically was IIRC for dedication to god rather than entertainment. I guess 'music' may be too broad a term, or have too many connotations to be useful here. Musicologists please chime in.
- throw0101a 6y ago> as an entertainment[0] A lot of more recent music is also political. For "classical" music, see Shostakovich's interactions with Stalin. In America, Nina Simone's "Strange Fruit" and "Fight the Power" by Public Enemy spring to mind, but I'm sure there are countless examples.
- throwaway_pdp09 6y agoThat would never have occurred to me, thanks.
- me_me_me 6y agoThe second like is very cool. I love the explanations of whats going on.