Baloch has a rich musical culture. Music has a significant role on all occasions except ceremonies of death.** Most of the Balochi Music is based on Zaheerag which is a kind of melancholic music.** The instruments used are mainly a flute, locally called Nal, Tamboora and Soroz.
Thanksgiving dances are made of joy at the time of positive weather changes and harvests, which are collectively performed in groups.
A special religious dance is carried out by a Baloch sect known as Chogaa.
Another common Baloch folk dance is known as Dochaap. In this dance men gather and dance in groups, clapping hands with the movement of foot, neck and head with rhythmical music on drums.
On various occasions, women also move in a circle clapping their hands. Other dances include the Lewa, which is thought to be of Arabic origin, along with Latti and Hambo said to be of ancient Balochi origin, are also very popular.
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Balochi Chaap**
Balochi music achieved an extraordinary development which is due in great part to a type of artist and artisan cast whose members are called Osta (master) and whose origins are unknown. The Ostas appeared among the Baloch tribes (particularly theRend), offering to put their music at the service of the tribes ancestral knowledge. Even if the Ostas occupy a modest position, they can at least boast of belonging to prestigious lineages of musicians.
I always loved baloch culture, its slightly similar to Sindhi culture, the sindhi topi and various other things .
maybe because, most of the Sindhis are of Baloch orgins!
I never knew that there are several kinds of folk dance ... I only knew about Jhumar.
there was this song Danah pe Danah I heard few days back by Akhtar Chanal Zahri! ... just beautiful, brought back so many memories
Yes Rangoli. Balcoh migration started in 16th century at the time of Chakar Khan due to war between Rind and Lashari tribes. Over the period, Baloch tribes who migrated to Sindh merged themselves with people of Sindh and adopted their language and culture (besides maintaining Baloch traditions). Today almost half of the population of Sindh are these Baloch tribes (Jamali, Chandio, Lashari, Zardari, Khushk, Mangi, Magsi, Jatoi, Jakhranai, Rind) who speak Sindhi very clearly and also speak Balochi dialect (Bharochi) at their homes.
Yes Rangoli. Balcoh migration started in 16th century at the time of Chakar Khan due to war between Rind and Lashari tribes. Over the period, Baloch tribes who migrated to Sindh merged themselves with people of Sindh and adopted their language and culture (besides maintaining Baloch traditions). Today almost half of the population of Sindh are these Baloch tribes (Jamali, Chandio, Lashari, Zardari, Khushk, Mangi, Magsi, Jatoi, Jakhranai, Rind) who speak Sindhi very clearly and also speak Balochi dialect (Bharochi) at their homes.
Zardari :D hehehe
yes, we have got some family friends back home who are actually from one of those tribes and speak sindhi slightly different than how I would talk.
But I kinda like their accent :)
Meh, not my thing. Punjabi music can be interesting at times.
Yes the beat of Balochi beat is quite different than Punjabi beat... The atmosphere of an area does affect music of that area. Punjab being with wide fields surrounded by rivers is different from lonely areas of Balochistan surrounded by mountains and deserts... You can feel wideness of fields and flow of rivers in Punjabi music and sense of attachment to beautiful land of simple people in Balochi music.
The song showing Baloch women’s joy at the time of harvest of dates… the dates tree plays important role in Baloch life.. Besides providing delicious fruit, almost all part of date tree are used in making roofs of the houses and many handicrafts.
