| Native name | الفجيري |
|---|---|
| Stylistic origins | Kuwaiti and Bahraini music |
| Instruments | Human voice |
| Ich | Fjiri |
|---|---|
| State party | Bahrain |
| Id | 01747 |
| Region | AST |
| Year | 2021 |
| Session | 16th |
| List | Representative |
ar (Arabic: الفجيري; sometimes spelled ar, ar, or ar) is the specific repertoire of vocal music sung by the pearl divers of Eastern Arabia's coastal Gulf states, especially Bahrain and Kuwait. A lead singer is backed up by a chorus of accompanying singers and clapping. The accompanying instruments to a ar ensemble are a small double-sided hand-drum, known as the ar (المرواس) and the ar (الجاهلة), a clay pot played with both hands.
There are eight genres of ar: ar (sung on the beach, not on the boat), ar, ar, ar, ar, ar, ar, and ar; the last two are viewed as subgenres of ar and ar respectively. ar and ar are the two main genres.[citation needed] Pearl diver singers are referred to in Arabic as ar (نهام). Salem Allan and Ahmad Butabbaniya are two of the most well-known ar singers from Bahrain.
See also
Further reading
- Various artists (2000). Fidjeri:Songs of the Bahrain Pearl Divers (CD). UNESCO. ASIN B00000AU93
- Rovsing Olsen, Poul (2002). Music in Bahrain. David Brown Book Company. ISBN 87-88415-19-8.
- Various artists (1995). A Musical Anthology of the Arabian Peninsula, Volume 2 - Music of the Pearl Divers (CD). Gallo. ASIN B000004A2D
- Kerbage, Toufic (1982). The Rhythms of the Pearl Diver Music in Qatar. Culture & Art Directorate Ministry of Information Doha Qatar.