Assyrian arts, music events to raise funds, awareness of culture

[Sally]

Let us hope that the Assyrians have a successful fund raising. Their ancestors are some of the original Christians in the Middle East, and they are slowly being wiped out there.


Assyrian arts, music events to raise funds, awareness of culture

By Susan Abram, Los Angeles Daily News
Posted: 02/26/14, 5:22 PM PST | Updated: 3 hrs ago


Their songs were born in Mesopotamia, where villagers sang of the mystery behind a woman’s deep gaze, their love for their vast, verdant land between two rivers and the mountain ranges that stretch toward the sun.

Now, thousands of years after those folk songs were created, some of the same melodies that survived time, wars and assimilation will be heard Saturday in Glendale as part of a fundraising concert and dance performance held by the Assyrian Aid Society of America.

“This folk music is still very strong in our culture,” but has not been widely heard in the Western world, said Sargoun Issa, president of the Assyrian Aid Society’s Los Angeles Chapter.

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Sally I thought the Turks finished off the Assryians a century ago

What an amazing history these people have.

Truly amazing.

 

[Sally]

Sally I thought the Turks finished off the Assryians a century ago

What an amazing history these people have.

Truly amazing.

Yes, they are an amazing people. In fact, out here in the Southern California area, many Assyrians are taking classes in Aramaic so that they can speak the ancient language of their ancestors.

No doubt the Turks tried to kill all the Armenians, Greeks and Assyrians they came across, but there are always those who got away -- the same way some of the Christians in the Middle East survived the Muslim invasions of their countries, and that is why you see Assyrians, Copts and Chaldeans still in the Middle East. How long there will be any Christians in the Middle East is anyone's guess since the Muslims seem intent of getting rid of them all.