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Re: Assyrian Fashion Show in Sweden
Posted by Jeff (Guest) jeff@attoz.com - Monday, June 13 2005, 7:54:42 (CEST)
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Dalale wrote:
>Why is it that no one posts the positive contributions by Assyrian youths around the world, at this website? In Sweden for example, Zinda Magazine has posted in their latest issue, that an Assyrian fashion show took place at a cultural festival, with Assyrian youths, who happen to also be Christians wearing their ethnic Assyrian clothes, and representing their culture.
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>In high-school I used to create ancient Assyrian dresses for multicultural festivals also, and that is why I can appreciate their work. I'm sure it took a lot of time and effort to create the costumes. Where can I order a dress? =)
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>The first multicultural festival I attended in grade nine had most countries represented except Iraq. So by the second year I started up the Iraq section. Of course this section turned out to look more like ancient Mesopotamia/Assyria, rather then what the modern day Iraq looked like. The section had Assyrian food, pictures of ancient Assyrian kings, cities, cuneiform text, clay tablets (homemade), books, things I have collected, a painted winged disk with Ashur in the middle, a painting of the Sumerian Tree of Life, an Aramaic alphabet with a quote by Jesus written in Aramaic, and underneath translated in English, and in the background a video playing of Alqoshiniye weddings in Detroit where people were dancing a really heavy khigga to Magid Kakka’s voice.

*** Wow! Congratulations for starting up the Iraq section. That's one small step, but it is the little steps that add up to a much larger picture. Magid Kakka is still kicking... and still very popular. Seems to me that the Chaldeans only know about 3 dances total...they have forgotten the rest...

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>By the time I was in OAC (grade 13) the Iraq section went from a few volunteers to about 20 volunteers, including Canadian students who I taught Assyrian dances, Belati, Sheikhani, and Bagiye etc.

*** That's great.

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>What better way to feel Assyrian, then to dance to Assyrian music? Just think, twenty people from different countries dancing to Ahelaaa yoniii yoneeta khleeta, ahelaa yonii khayee baroo wen meeta………….......

*** I love that song, and Ashur Bet Sargis is amazing. Can you help me transcribe and translate this song for me? I have the original record from the 70s that a very nice man named Tony who reads on this forum sent me. I converted it to CD and it's one of my favorites. The Album is called "Sing Me a Lullaby"

> It was great.
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>The fashion show was also fun. I remember in grade 11 we were presented in pairs on the runway. There I was, with my friend Linda, a very nice Lebanese Muslim girl, who I had met in an English Literature class. I adored this girl, and she also adored me. We happened to be paired up to walk on stage. I represented “Iraq” and she representing “Lebanon”. I wearing a red and gold dress that I had made based on what I thought ancient Assyrian women dressed like, and she wearing a hijab and the whole shebang, covered from head to toe. I was walking with confident, smiling, turning, posing, all which was required off us, while she seemed nervous, looking at me to make sure she doesn’t forget where she is supposed to go, and feeling uncomfortable. As we were crossing sides I couldn’t help but see a small sadness in her eyes. I will always remember that moment, and how I sensed what she felt. I don't know what it was exactly that she felt, but it bothers me to think of it even today.
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>So, great job Assyrians in Sweden. Just one small advice, when wearing Assyrian cultural dresses, wear the attitude with it too. Assyrian Kings, Queens, princess, and princesses were royalty. They had a noble quality about them, when talking, walking, and even when posing. That is what I surmise anyway, but maybe I just imagined it.
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>Anyway, wonderful job!
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>Visit the website to see the fashion show here >>> http://www.etota.com/
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>Dalale



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