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Title: Baye Fall chants and dances, Saint Louis, Senegal, 23.2.09 View count: 1010 Rating: 0 (0 ratings) Description: www.sonicafrica.com Baye Fall chant video This video was shot in Saint Louis, Senegal during 8 hour lasting concert-prayer-chants. Note that this video was shot from first two hours, that was something like a warm-up:) Later as the night continued, all the dances became more wild. Although I got the permision to film from 3 differnt people and I was encouraged to make some shots, later some people seemed to be a little bit nervous to see me recording, so I decided to respect it and stopped recording. Baye fall - the senegalese muslim "rastas" The mystic muslim tradition is present in many parts of muslim world including west africa. Many famous musicians in west africa wearing dreadlocks are missinterpreted as rastafarians. In fact, in many cases, they belong to a muslim sufi brotherhood called Baye Fall. This brotherhood is the most prominent and richest islamic school in Senegal, with the hedquarter in a Holy City Touba. In contempoary Senegal about 25% people claim themself as Baye fall followers. The founders and teachers of this brotherhood (Amadou Bamba, Ibra Fall and Baye Fall) are mentioned in many senegalese songs. The most prominent musicians who belong to Baye Fall are Cheick Lo (on the left picture), Youssou NDour , Baaba Maal and many others... The pictures of Amadou Bamba( in black clothes) and Ibra Fall (in white clothes) can be seen on many walls, doors and even buses and cars in many places in Senegal. The members of Baye Fall brotherhood wearing pictures of Amadou Bamba and Ibra fall on their clothes, members also have special kind of greetings when they put hand of other member to their own forehead to show their fellowship. Other thing , that is common with rastafirians is, that some members are using marihuana for spiritual reasons, things forbidden by orthodox Islam and in the city of Touba as well. Music is a very important part of Baye Fall brotherhood and for members it is also an instrument to get closer to God. Very popular among members are are "concerts" where several drummers played traditional senegegalese music, the chanters sang the gods name ...Alla llah illalah ...over and over and other people were dancing in a circle around the musicians untill some of them later in trance fellt to the floor still caling the Gods name. (I had the oportunity to see one 8 hour long concert, that was held all the night in saint Louis, Senegal. Just beeing there and dancing was one the strongest musical and spiritual experiences for me in my whole life.) Maybe this strongest linking to the music is a reason , why many famous musicians are members of Bye fall Brotherhood. Tags: baye, fall, baay, faal, amadou, bamba, chants, dances, concert, senegal, saint, louis, music, traditional, Author: sonicafrica |
