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I was once hosted by a Syrian Jewish family for Passover. Their rendition of the classic had gadya (lit. "one goat") in the traditional melody brought over with

• erie 4y ago
  Aleppo was an amazing city with rich linguistic diversity and rich musical tradition of several minorities. With Aramaic mixed with Armenian! All the inhabitants used to sing along in one neighborhood, each in his own house when one musician starts a tune, other neighborhoods would compete with their own musicians it was a magic experience that I was not lucky enough to witness. The Arabic dialect in Aleppo is very distinctive though, we used to make fun of it in TV series and in daily conversation.