When Melodies Gather: Oral Art of the Mahra

ʿAlī Sālim al-Jidḥī

ʿAlī Sālim al-Jidḥī had fluent recall of some long Mahri tribal odes. His version of Saʿīd bir Laʿṭayṭ’s masterful poem, “Atop the Peak of Ṭarbūt,” was the most reliable version that I recorded.

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