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Israeli folk dancing, performance in honor of the Jewish holiday of Shavuot Mayim Mayim ( Hebrew : מים מים , "water, water") is an Israeli folk dance , danced to a song of the same name. It has become notable outside the Israeli dancing community and is often performed at international folk dance events.
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The music of Israel is a combination of Jewish and non-Jewish music traditions that have come together over the course of a century to create a distinctive musical culture. For almost 150 years, musicians have sought original stylistic elements that would define the emerging national spirit. [ 1 ]
The Gevatron [1] (Hebrew: הגבעטרון) is an Israeli Kibbutz folk singers group. The band started off in the early days of the state of Israel and are active to this very day. They are considered a unique phenomenon in the Israeli folk songs scene, and in 2007 won the Israel Prize for Lifetime Achievement.
Hedva and David was an Israeli singing duo, comprising Hedva Amrani and David Tal. In 1970, the duo won first place at the Yamaha Song Festival in Tokyo, Japan, with the song "I Dream of Naomi" (אני חולם על נעמי "Ani Cholem Al Naomi"), lyrics: Tirtza Atar, music: David Krivoshei . The song sold more than a million copies in its ...
In addition to Israeli folk music, Lavi was one of the first Israeli singers began to sing pop songs. His romantic song The Red Rock ( HaSela haAdom ) was about Petra , the ancient Jordanian city. Popular in the 1960s (well before Israel and Jordan had a peace treaty ), the song encouraged young Israelis to sneak across the guarded border into ...
Nachum Heiman (Hebrew: נחום היימן; May 6, 1934 – August 17, 2016) [1] was an Israeli composer and musician. Some of the over 1,000 songs he composed [2] [3] [4] have become classics of Israeli folk music. [5]
"Hevenu shalom aleichem" (Hebrew: הבאנו שלום עליכם "We brought peace upon you" [1]) is a Hebrew-language folk song based on the greeting Shalom aleichem.While perceived to be an Israeli folk song, the melody of "Hevenu shalom aleichem" pre-dates the current state of Israel and is of Hasidic origin.