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valadilenne) wrote2008-10-29 10:31 pm
valadilenne) wrote2008-10-29 10:31 pm
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29/365: Adhan
I wrote the list when I was thinking concurrently, so this combined with Minarets two days ago is going to seem kind of weird.
I'm not Islamic, religiously or ethnically. But my freshman year I took Religion in a Global Context and we studied eastern religions sort of extensively. And there was a CD that came in the back of the book that had different Muslim readings--it's sort of like singing the religious text.
Anyway, Adhan is the call to prayer spoken by the muezzin, who stands at the top of the minaret. And on this CD was a track with this haunting, echoing man singing the first calling, the translation of which is
God is the greatest
I bear witness that there is no deity except God
And it goes on. I looked for something comparable on YouTube to show you, but there's nothing quite as dramatic. He gives these lengthy pauses between the lines, and it genuinely makes me think that it would be a perfect thing to put over the beginning credits of a movie interspersed with random cut shots--I'm not kidding, I imagine it every time I hear it.
It's jarring and at the same time very beautiful.
I'm not Islamic, religiously or ethnically. But my freshman year I took Religion in a Global Context and we studied eastern religions sort of extensively. And there was a CD that came in the back of the book that had different Muslim readings--it's sort of like singing the religious text.
Anyway, Adhan is the call to prayer spoken by the muezzin, who stands at the top of the minaret. And on this CD was a track with this haunting, echoing man singing the first calling, the translation of which is
God is the greatest
I bear witness that there is no deity except God
And it goes on. I looked for something comparable on YouTube to show you, but there's nothing quite as dramatic. He gives these lengthy pauses between the lines, and it genuinely makes me think that it would be a perfect thing to put over the beginning credits of a movie interspersed with random cut shots--I'm not kidding, I imagine it every time I hear it.
It's jarring and at the same time very beautiful.