Gorani

Examples

• All

• During the celebration, everyone joined in singing a traditional Gorani.

• The musician played a beautiful Gorani that told the story of his ancestors.

• The Gorani is often performed at weddings.

• Many artists are inspired by Gorani themes.

• The musician played a beautiful Gorani that told the story of his ancestors.

• During the celebration, everyone joined in singing a traditional Gorani song.

• She learned to perform a Gorani to preserve the cultural heritage of her community.

Synonyms

K

klezmer

vsGorani

4 8.2

A lively type of traditional Jewish folk music from Eastern Europe

is more a sung narrative form with religious themes than dance music

R

religious song

vsGorani

1 2.1

A song sung as part of religious worship or ceremonies

is more a traditional narrative form often used outside formal worship

F

folk ballad

vsGorani

1 3.5

A traditional story song sung by ordinary people about love or history

is tied to one ethnic tradition and often includes religious themes

G

ghazal

vsGorani

• Literature

1 9.9

A song that uses poems made of pairs of rhyming lines, common in South Asia

is usually a narrative or religious folk song rather than poetic recital

B

bani

vsGorani

• Literature

9.9

Sacred Sikh songs that people say or sing in worship

is a cultural narrative song often sung outside scriptural or formal use

Surface Forms

Etymology