Goudi: Assyrian Folk Music by Mesopotamian Fusion.Ilona Danho

Goudi, is the Assyrian folk song,
women sang while churning butter. They used a goatskin butter churn (gudha), which had wooden handles on each end, mounted and hanged from a wooden tripod.

Creamy buttermilk was poured inside and shaken back and forth, by two women, until the buttermilk lipids gathered into natural butter.

To make this laborious task go quicker, Assyrian village women would sing songs in a tempo of which mimicked that of the churn being rocked back and fort
Goudi ©

Lyrics translation in English:

I will churn my churn by myself, oh my churn!
I will churn my churn by myself, oh my self!
I will wear out my arms, oh my churn!
I will wear out my arms, oh my self!

I will churn my churn, oh my churn!
I will churn my churn, oh my self!
I will prepare it for that Ammo (Emmanuel), oh my churn!
I will prepare it for that Ammo (Emmanuel), oh my self!

I will extract the butter into my dish, oh my churn!
I will extract the butter into my dish, oh my self!

Ilona Danho: Vocals
Feras Charestan: Qanoun
George Oro: Percussion
Hayk Hakobyan: Duduk
Toni Kebbe: Piano
Samuel Löfdahl: Bass

Initiative: Ilona Danho
Manager and Producer: Ninos Oussi
Arrangement: by the group

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