Already here... pieces of sound ambiances in Siwa.

Already here, sounds of other places. Not much, it is a beginning.

Extracts in mp3 to listen to.

: Chants de jeunes de l’oasis de Siwa qui passent les soirées ensemble, autour d’une lampe à pétrole ou de bougies, éventuellement en buvant un peu... ici, l’accompagnement instrumental est juste une timbale de fer blanc.
Égypte 2003 #12-10. © Vincent Battesti. 52 s. mp3 160kb stéréo.

10 - Winter party in Siwa. Songs of young people in Siwa oasis who pass the evenings together, around a candle or oil lamp, possibly while drinking a little... here, the instrumental accompaniment is just a tinplate timbal.
Égypte 2003 #12-10. © Vincent Battesti. 52 s. mp3 160kb stereo.

: Chants de jeunes de l’oasis de Siwa qui passent les soirées ensemble. C’est dans ces moments que s’apprend le répertoire de chants locaux (en siwi et en arabe).
Égypte 2003 #a-2B. © Vincent Battesti. 42 s. mp3 160kb stéréo.

2b - Winter party in Siwa. Another moment of another evening. It is in these moments that the repertory of local songs (in siwi and Arabic) is learned.
Égypte 2003 #a-2B. © Vincent Battesti. 42 s. mp3 160kb stereo.

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Vincent Battesti , "Already here... pieces of sound ambiances in Siwa. " (online), Anthropoasis | vbat.org, page published 28 August 2005 (consulted 24 March 2023), available on: https://vbat.org/article195