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- country:Belgium
- style(s):A Cappella, Turkish
- label:not signed
- type:Small Ensemble
- gender:female
- instrumentation:vocal, a cappella, percussion
- artist posted by:Maskara Company Asbl
Line up
- Belgin Bingöl (voice, violin and percussions)
- Dido Gosse (voice, beat box)
- Elmas Sevindik (voice, saz)
- Nurten Aka (voice)
- Seniz Karaman Willaert (voice)
- Sibel Dincer (voice, violin and percussions)
- Valérie Martin (voice)
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Gavur Gelinler is a female a capella group based in Brussels. Eight women from different origins, singing together since 15 years.
In Turkish, the word gavur has a pejorative connotation that would be translated as unfaithful. It would come from the Arabic kafir or kafûr: unbeliever. Gelin means daughter-in-law and gives the plural gelinler. The project, born in 2005 at the initiative of Sibel Dinçer, was to bring together a female audience of Muslim culture around the practice of polyphonic singing by dodging the patriarchal pressure of fathers / husbands / brothers ... As the singers go back and forth, a kernel has been built. Today, the Gavur Gelinler is a family of hearts that brings together eight independent women, Turkish, Kurdish, Belgian, Moroccan women who want to sing stories of women and life transmitted by the vast heritage of folk songs of Anatolia, often anonymous. The repertoire has also expanded with songs in Arabic, Kurdish, Armenian songs and some original compositions. The rhtyhm has emerged beyond the sounds of rings, bracelets and diapozone. Here, bendir, violin, darbuka, saz, violin, beat-box, tea glasses and pans accompany the songs of love, sadness, hope and revolt …