Music of Street Vendors' Calls

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Higher Institute of Folk Arts, Academy of Arts, Ministry of Culture

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Music of Street Vendors' Calls

Research Summary:

Street vendors' calls and their music play a fundamental role in Egyptian daily life; as they are part of the heritage of popular culture, they are an art of the folk literature of melodious speech used by the street vendor to promote the goods he sells, as these calls were found within the culture of street vendors who sell the daily needs of families in parallel with the presence of the same goods in shops and stores.

These calls were sometimes characterized by the melodious delivery method "restatif", and at other times these calls were performed in a simple lyrical style.

These melodious calls were sometimes a source of inspiration for some music composers such as (Sayed Darwish, Badie Khairi, and Younis Al-Qadi), in promoting a style of songs among the people, the most famous of which was (Ya Balah Zaghloul).

Some street vendors also quoted the beginnings of some famous songs and employed them in their calls.

Accordingly, in this research, we attempt to monitor, document and analyze some of the music of street vendors’ calls in Cairo, and present some of their texts.



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Vendors’ calls, rhythmic recitation “restatif”, musical instruments and tools.

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