Cultural Pride with Sound
In Women, the Recited Qur'an, and Islamic Music in Indonesia written by Anne Rasmussen, we learn how Islamic music expressed their religion through festivals and competitions to show their devotion and cultural pride. Hearing about this made me think about concerts and music competitions like The Voice or even a school talent show. In general, music brings people together. Rasmussen also mentioned that the music shows their cultural pride. This reminded me of this song "Proud to be Bermudian." We would sing this song at school, during Cup Match (Bermudian holiday), in the car etc. This song gives me great cultural pride when singing it because it touches on all the little details of Bermuda that makes it so great in our eyes. The codfish, playing marbles, fishing off rocks, hot cross buns, saying hi to everyone etc. It also says how we're not perfect but that we can rise above anything. Though our island isn't super...