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== Representative performances ==
== Representative performances ==
These recordings offer listening examples of the genre. Notes identify the performance setting and any adaptation or mixed repertoire.
These recordings offer listening examples of the genre. Notes identify the performance setting and any adaptation or mixed repertoire.
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| traditional || regional || Comprehensive catalogue; recent discovery is prioritized and worthwhile older music remains playable. Preserve specific recording contexts and dates.
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{| class="wikitable muglobe-performances"
|+ MuGlobe representative performances
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! Artist !! Performance / song / title !! Embedded player URL !! Notes
! Artist !! Performance / song / title !! Embedded player URL !! Notes !! Repertoire kind !! Repertoire date !! Recording date !! Format !! Opening !! Places !! Fit !! Evidence !! Review note
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| Ghalali music and dance group || Fijiri song — Muharraq, Bahrain, 2009 || https://www.youtube.com/embed/rx_2Ye00-kA || The field recording names the Ghalali group and its Muharraq setting. It documents the pearl-diving song tradition in a community performance; the uploader is the documentarian rather than the performing ensemble.<ref name="performance-fijiri-1">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx_2Ye00-kA Ghalali music and dance group — Fijiri song — Muharraq, Bahrain, 2009]. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || pending || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx_2Ye00-kA Existing recording] || Legacy unscoped accepted recording retained; migration does not assert new dates or per-country variants. Existing musical notes and native citations are preserved.
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| Men's choir of Dar Jnah, Muharraq || Hesawi || https://www.youtube.com/embed/8PS_yXogWm4 || Smithsonian Folkways' official audio from Bahrain: Fidjeri: Songs of the Pearl Divers. The credited Muharraq choir provides an extended listening example alongside contemporary filmed documentation.<ref name="performance-fijiri-2">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PS_yXogWm4 Men's choir of Dar Jnah, Muharraq — Hesawi]. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || pending || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PS_yXogWm4 Existing recording] || Legacy unscoped accepted recording retained; migration does not assert new dates or per-country variants. Existing musical notes and native citations are preserved.
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| فرقة إسماعيل دواس (Ismael Dawas Band) || فصل فجري عدساني تنزيلة يا حيف || https://www.youtube.com/embed/KmBJAdInug8 || Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: فرقة إسماعيل دواس ISMAEL DAWAS BAND البحرين Bahrain. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-10-09; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmBJAdInug8 فصل فجري عدساني تنزيلة يا حيف].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmBJAdInug8 Recording/context source] || Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: فرقة إسماعيل دواس ISMAEL DAWAS BAND البحرين Bahrain. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
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| Unidentified Dammam maritime ensemble (archival recording) || فرقة الدمام ( قديم) فصل فجري بحري  || https://www.youtube.com/embed/yOKdOGdFUCI || Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: mansoreaa. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Source identifies Dammam and tentatively suggests an early1980s session and one of two bands; keep band/session unknown rather than turn those guesses into facts. Video publication: 2026-07-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOKdOGdFUCI فرقة الدمام ( قديم) فصل فجري بحري ].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOKdOGdFUCI Recording/context source] || Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: mansoreaa. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Source identifies Dammam and tentatively suggests an early1980s session and one of two bands; keep band/session unknown rather than turn those guesses into facts.
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| دار البديع الجنوبية الشعبية (Dar Al Budaia) || فجري فصل بحري تنزيلة( يالله ) دار البديع الجنوبية الشعبية🇧🇭 || https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZzprEshtSBw || Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: دار البديع الشعبية 🇧🇭. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-07-20; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzprEshtSBw فجري فصل بحري تنزيلة( يالله ) دار البديع الجنوبية الشعبية🇧🇭].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzprEshtSBw Recording/context source] || Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: دار البديع الشعبية 🇧🇭. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
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| فرقة الماص (Al Mass) with Dar Al Budaia || فجري-فصل حدادي تنزيلة ( قل ما عليه) زيارة فرقة الماص الى دار البديع الجنوبية 🇧🇭🇰🇼 ١١ / ٦ / ٢٠٢٥م || https://www.youtube.com/embed/Lj4ICjC9e7c || Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: دار البديع الشعبية 🇧🇭. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2025-06-11. Video publication: 2025-06-28; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lj4ICjC9e7c فجري-فصل حدادي تنزيلة ( قل ما عليه) زيارة فرقة الماص الى دار البديع الجنوبية 🇧🇭🇰🇼 ١١ / ٦ / ٢٠٢٥م].</ref> || traditional || unknown || 2025-06-11 || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lj4ICjC9e7c Recording/context source] || Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: دار البديع الشعبية 🇧🇭. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2025-06-11.
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| دار البديع الجنوبية الشعبية (Dar Al Budaia) || فجري فصل حساوي - تنزيلة لك دان ولي دانا - دار البديع الشعبية🇧🇭 || https://www.youtube.com/embed/IlVpugAiUNs || Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: دار البديع الشعبية 🇧🇭. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-05-27; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlVpugAiUNs فجري فصل حساوي - تنزيلة لك دان ولي دانا - دار البديع الشعبية🇧🇭].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlVpugAiUNs Recording/context source] || Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: دار البديع الشعبية 🇧🇭. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
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| دار البديع الجنوبية الشعبية (Dar Al Budaia) || فجري فصل حدادي - يالله يا المطلوب - دار البديع الشعبية🇧🇭 || https://www.youtube.com/embed/tcDgxoF_CUQ || Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: دار البديع الشعبية 🇧🇭. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-01-20; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcDgxoF_CUQ فجري فصل حدادي - يالله يا المطلوب - دار البديع الشعبية🇧🇭].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcDgxoF_CUQ Recording/context source] || Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: دار البديع الشعبية 🇧🇭. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
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| فرقة إسماعيل دواس (Ismael Dawas Band) || فصل فجري بحري تنزيلة صلوا على المختار || https://www.youtube.com/embed/E7Q2dr_oi6U || Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: فرقة إسماعيل دواس ISMAEL DAWAS BAND البحرين Bahrain. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-01-19; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7Q2dr_oi6U فصل فجري بحري تنزيلة صلوا على المختار].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7Q2dr_oi6U Recording/context source] || Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: فرقة إسماعيل دواس ISMAEL DAWAS BAND البحرين Bahrain. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
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| دار البديع الجنوبية الشعبية (Dar Al Budaia) || فجري فصل حدادي - دار البديع الشعبية 🇧🇭 || https://www.youtube.com/embed/_XCWBbofP0s || Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: دار البديع الشعبية 🇧🇭. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-01-08; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XCWBbofP0s فجري فصل حدادي - دار البديع الشعبية 🇧🇭].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XCWBbofP0s Recording/context source] || Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: دار البديع الشعبية 🇧🇭. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
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| دار البديع الجنوبية الشعبية (Dar Al Budaia) || فجري فصل مخولفي - دار البديع الشعبية🇧🇭 || https://www.youtube.com/embed/kbf3naBnBCM || Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: دار البديع الشعبية 🇧🇭. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2024-12-23; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbf3naBnBCM فجري فصل مخولفي - دار البديع الشعبية🇧🇭].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbf3naBnBCM Recording/context source] || Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: دار البديع الشعبية 🇧🇭. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
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| علي الحداد، عمر بوصقر (Ali Al Haddad &amp; Omar Bu Saqr) || فجري حدادي - تنزيلة أول ما نبدا - النهام علي الحداد والنهام عمر بوصقر - اوزباكستان - مدينة طشقند2024 || https://www.youtube.com/embed/EHNGSLFpwhg || Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: ali bin nasser. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2024. Video publication: 2024-10-29; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHNGSLFpwhg فجري حدادي - تنزيلة أول ما نبدا - النهام علي الحداد والنهام عمر بوصقر - اوزباكستان - مدينة طشقند2024].</ref> || traditional || unknown || 2024 || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHNGSLFpwhg Recording/context source] || Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: ali bin nasser. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2024.
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| دار البديع الجنوبية الشعبية (Dar Al Budaia) || فجري فصل مخولفي - تنزيلة مقوى - دار البديع الشعبية🇧🇭 || https://www.youtube.com/embed/UV3os49emcc || Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: دار البديع الشعبية 🇧🇭. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2024-08-27; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV3os49emcc فجري فصل مخولفي - تنزيلة مقوى - دار البديع الشعبية🇧🇭].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV3os49emcc Recording/context source] || Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: دار البديع الشعبية 🇧🇭. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
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| فرقة إسماعيل دواس (Ismael Dawas Band) || فصل فجري حساوي تنزيلة جِدَّح ويل يا مهرومة || https://www.youtube.com/embed/9uKq7swEBOY || Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: فرقة إسماعيل دواس ISMAEL DAWAS BAND البحرين Bahrain. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2022-05-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uKq7swEBOY فصل فجري حساوي تنزيلة جِدَّح ويل يا مهرومة].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uKq7swEBOY Recording/context source] || Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: فرقة إسماعيل دواس ISMAEL DAWAS BAND البحرين Bahrain. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
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| علي الحداد (Ali Al Haddad) || فن فجري عدساني - تنزيلة ياحيف - مسابقة نهام الخليج ٢٠١٩ - النهام علي الحداد (المركز الاول) || https://www.youtube.com/embed/oy-kFUXkkF4 || Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: ali bin nasser. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2019. Video publication: 2022-02-12; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oy-kFUXkkF4 فن فجري عدساني - تنزيلة ياحيف - مسابقة نهام الخليج ٢٠١٩ - النهام علي الحداد (المركز الاول)].</ref> || traditional || unknown || 2019 || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oy-kFUXkkF4 Recording/context source] || Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: ali bin nasser. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2019.
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| فرقة إسماعيل دواس (Ismael Dawas Band) || Rhythm:” Fjeri Mkholfy ”      Song:” Wargen ”  فصل فجري مخولفي -  تنزيلة ورقﹴ و تنزيلة هو يا الله || https://www.youtube.com/embed/2T5qJNFXIl0 || Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: THE SOUL OF BAHRAIN, by Ismael Dawas Band. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2020-01-02; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T5qJNFXIl0 Rhythm:” Fjeri Mkholfy ”      Song:” Wargen ”  فصل فجري مخولفي -  تنزيلة ورقﹴ و تنزيلة هو يا الله].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T5qJNFXIl0 Recording/context source] || Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: THE SOUL OF BAHRAIN, by Ismael Dawas Band. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
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| فرقة إسماعيل دواس (Ismael Dawas Band) || Rhythm:"  Fjeri Hadadi " Stress Relief -  Song:" Sabeh Al Jamry " فصل فجري حدادي - تنزيله صبح الجمري || https://www.youtube.com/embed/e2sGc_VeJb8 || Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: THE SOUL OF BAHRAIN, by Ismael Dawas Band. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2020-01-01; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2sGc_VeJb8 Rhythm:"  Fjeri Hadadi " Stress Relief -  Song:" Sabeh Al Jamry " فصل فجري حدادي - تنزيله صبح الجمري].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2sGc_VeJb8 Recording/context source] || Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: THE SOUL OF BAHRAIN, by Ismael Dawas Band. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
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| سالم العلان، هلال بوخالد، أحمد بوطبنية (Salem Allan, Hilal Bu Khalid &amp; Ahmed Butabaniya) || فجري عدساني  - تنزيلة الله يا عديل الروح -  سالم العلان وهلال بوخالد واحمد بوطبنية ** تسجيل نادر || https://www.youtube.com/embed/6OAGChjTIjg || Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: Bahraini Folk music. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2018-11-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OAGChjTIjg فجري عدساني  - تنزيلة الله يا عديل الروح -  سالم العلان وهلال بوخالد واحمد بوطبنية ** تسجيل نادر].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OAGChjTIjg Recording/context source] || Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: Bahraini Folk music. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
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| فرقة إسماعيل دواس (Ismael Dawas Band) || فجري عدساني - فرقة اسماعيل دواس || https://www.youtube.com/embed/FW0cZz-7qGc || Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: فرقة إسماعيل دواس ISMAEL DAWAS BAND البحرين Bahrain. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2018-09-27; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW0cZz-7qGc فجري عدساني - فرقة اسماعيل دواس].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW0cZz-7qGc Recording/context source] || Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: فرقة إسماعيل دواس ISMAEL DAWAS BAND البحرين Bahrain. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
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| مبارك الراعي، هلال بوخالد، جاسم عبدالرحمن (Mubarak Al Rai, Hilal Bu Khalid &amp; Jassim Abdulrahman) || فجري حدادي  تنزيلة على دوس - النهام مبارك الراعي وهلال بوخالد وجاسم عبدالرحمن || https://www.youtube.com/embed/Q_5yX0ym_qo || Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: Bahraini Folk music. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2018-09-18; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_5yX0ym_qo فجري حدادي  تنزيلة على دوس - النهام مبارك الراعي وهلال بوخالد وجاسم عبدالرحمن].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_5yX0ym_qo Recording/context source] [https://culture.gov.bh/en/mediacenter/news_center/2020/April2020/Name%2C18343%2Cen.html Recording/context source] [https://culture.gov.bh/en/events/AnnualFestivalsandEvents/HeritageFestival/HeritageFestival2016/TheFirstInstallation/ Recording/context source] || Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: Bahraini Folk music. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
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| سالم العلان، هلال بوخالد، أحمد بوطبنية (Salem Allan, Hilal Bu Khalid &amp; Ahmed Butabaniya) || فجري عدساني - تنزيلة ارحم - سالم العلان و احمد بوطبنية و هلال بوخالد || https://www.youtube.com/embed/o_Ase8cAdok || Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: Bahraini Folk music. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2018-08-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_Ase8cAdok فجري عدساني - تنزيلة ارحم - سالم العلان و احمد بوطبنية و هلال بوخالد].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_Ase8cAdok Recording/context source] || Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: Bahraini Folk music. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
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| Ali Al Marri &amp; Hamad Bin Hussein ensemble || فرقة حمد بن حسين فن مخالف دان النهام على المرى من قطر🇶🇦 || https://www.youtube.com/embed/aGfmlYBmjKg || Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: فرقة حمد بن حسين. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2016-10-29; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGfmlYBmjKg فرقة حمد بن حسين فن مخالف دان النهام على المرى من قطر🇶🇦].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGfmlYBmjKg Recording/context source] || Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: فرقة حمد بن حسين. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
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| فرقة الأفراح الشعبية (Al Afrah folk ensemble) || Fajri Adsani/ ‫فن فجري عدساني فرقة الافراح الشعبيه‬‎ || https://www.youtube.com/embed/5R1d_UNoid4 || Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: Popular Culture of Arabia. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2016-10-08; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R1d_UNoid4 Fajri Adsani/ ‫فن فجري عدساني فرقة الافراح الشعبيه‬‎].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R1d_UNoid4 Recording/context source] || Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: Popular Culture of Arabia. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
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| فرقة حمد بن حسين (Hamad Bin Hussein maritime band) || فن حدادي || https://www.youtube.com/embed/MLjC4yv5Qh8 || Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: فرقة حمد بن حسين البحرية. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2016-03-14; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLjC4yv5Qh8 فن حدادي].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLjC4yv5Qh8 Recording/context source] || Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: فرقة حمد بن حسين البحرية. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
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| فرقة قلالي للفنون الشعبية (Qalali folk ensemble) || لوحات شعبية (فن فجري) || https://www.youtube.com/embed/vm0-62ZMqCw || Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: Bahrain TV Zaman. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2016-01-21; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm0-62ZMqCw لوحات شعبية (فن فجري)].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm0-62ZMqCw Recording/context source] || Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: Bahrain TV Zaman. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
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| Rashid Al Mass, Abu Awwad &amp; ensemble || فرقة قطريه فن فجري حدادي النهام راشد الماص و ملك الطبل ابو عواد والفرقه || https://www.youtube.com/embed/3NmdJnIn2QE || Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: منتصرالمطر\بوحمد. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2013-11-10; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NmdJnIn2QE فرقة قطريه فن فجري حدادي النهام راشد الماص و ملك الطبل ابو عواد والفرقه].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NmdJnIn2QE Recording/context source] || Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: منتصرالمطر\بوحمد. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
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| Ghalali music and dance group || Ghalali music and dance group, Fidjiri, pearl-fisher, Muharraq, Bahrain, 2009 IV || https://www.youtube.com/embed/QVmkFbcbrac || Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: Neil van der Linden. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2009-10-07. Another separately numbered song section at the documented October7,2009 Ghalali performance, distinct from the existing425-second segment. Recorder Neil van der Linden is not the performing choir. Video publication: 2012-06-25; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVmkFbcbrac Ghalali music and dance group, Fidjiri, pearl-fisher, Muharraq, Bahrain, 2009 IV].</ref> || traditional || unknown || 2009-10-07 || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVmkFbcbrac Recording/context source] || Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: Neil van der Linden. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2009-10-07. Another separately numbered song section at the documented October7,2009 Ghalali performance, distinct from the existing425-second segment. Recorder Neil van der Linden is not the performing choir.
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| Ghalali music and dance group || Fijiri song — Muharraq, Bahrain, 2009 || https://www.youtube.com/embed/rx_2Ye00-kA || The field recording names the Ghalali group and its Muharraq setting. It documents the pearl-diving song tradition in a community performance; the uploader is the documentarian rather than the performing ensemble.<ref name="performance-fijiri-1">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx_2Ye00-kA Ghalali music and dance group — Fijiri song — Muharraq, Bahrain, 2009]. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.</ref>
| Al Amiri Ensemble with nahham Salman Al Ammari || Pearl divers music of the Gulf: Haddadi - AlAmiri Ensemble 3 || https://www.youtube.com/embed/soiCvYrlSWA || Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: bahri1. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Different non-overlapping Haddadi suite sections explicitly identified as Tanzila and Nehma by the source; not also an overlapping full-suite import. Video publication: 2006-11-13; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soiCvYrlSWA Pearl divers music of the Gulf: Haddadi - AlAmiri Ensemble 3].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soiCvYrlSWA Recording/context source] [https://culture.gov.bh/en/mediacenter/news_center/2020/April2020/Name%2C18343%2Cen.html Recording/context source] [https://culture.gov.bh/en/events/AnnualFestivalsandEvents/HeritageFestival/HeritageFestival2016/TheFirstInstallation/ Recording/context source] || Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: bahri1. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Different non-overlapping Haddadi suite sections explicitly identified as Tanzila and Nehma by the source; not also an overlapping full-suite import.
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| Men's choir of Dar Jnah, Muharraq || Hesawi || https://www.youtube.com/embed/8PS_yXogWm4 || Smithsonian Folkways' official audio from Bahrain: Fidjeri: Songs of the Pearl Divers. The credited Muharraq choir provides an extended listening example alongside contemporary filmed documentation.<ref name="performance-fijiri-2">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PS_yXogWm4 Men's choir of Dar Jnah, Muharraq — Hesawi]. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.</ref>
| Al Amiri Ensemble with nahham Salman Al Ammari || Pearl divers music of the Gulf: Haddadi - AlAmiri Ensemble 2 || https://www.youtube.com/embed/JTBl_Bb1GlY || Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: bahri1. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Different non-overlapping Haddadi suite sections explicitly identified as Tanzila and Nehma by the source; not also an overlapping full-suite import. Video publication: 2006-11-13; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTBl_Bb1GlY Pearl divers music of the Gulf: Haddadi - AlAmiri Ensemble 2].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTBl_Bb1GlY Recording/context source] [https://culture.gov.bh/en/mediacenter/news_center/2020/April2020/Name%2C18343%2Cen.html Recording/context source] [https://culture.gov.bh/en/events/AnnualFestivalsandEvents/HeritageFestival/HeritageFestival2016/TheFirstInstallation/ Recording/context source] || Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: bahri1. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Different non-overlapping Haddadi suite sections explicitly identified as Tanzila and Nehma by the source; not also an overlapping full-suite import.
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Revision as of 20:17, 19 October 2026

Summary

Fijiri, also written fjiri or fidjeri, is a Gulf musical tradition especially associated with Bahrain's pearling communities. Singing, percussion and collective response preserve a powerful relationship with the sea, work and the memory of divers and crews. Contemporary performance commonly commemorates that world rather than accompanying an unchanged commercial pearling economy. Muharraq is a defining reference, but participation and recognition extend across Bahrain and into related Gulf networks. The art's cultural identity rests in shared practical knowledge and social memory as well as in its distinctive sound. [1]

Contemporary and trending

Fijiri continues in cultural houses, rehearsals, public gatherings, heritage programmes and community performances. Descendants of pearling families remain important, while the public is not confined to people with that ancestry. Bahrain's cultural authority documents groups such as Qalali Folk Band and Shabab Al Hidd Band whose work connects maritime traditions to a wider contemporary repertory. Such activity provides occasions to learn and participate, not merely to watch a reconstruction. A festival appearance and a recurring gathering can support the same tradition through different forms of attention. [2]

History

The repertory developed in the social and working world of Gulf pearling, where arduous voyages required cooperation and created tightly connected crews. As the regional economy changed, the relationship between song, occupation and public memory also changed. Cultural houses and performing groups became consequential places for continuity. Commercial recordings and broadcast made selected examples accessible beyond those circles. The resulting history should include labor and collective experience rather than only the later beauty of a staged presentation. Remembered hardship and accomplished musicianship belong to the same account.

Musical characteristics

Listen to the relationship between a lead voice and the surrounding group, the accumulation of rhythmic energy and the distinctive percussion palette. Drums, finger chimes and the clay vessel called jahl can shape the texture. Singers may sit in a circle while leading performers occupy the center. A performance's force comes from coordinated response and timbral contrast, not just from one memorable tune. Different repertory types and occasions warrant closer listening; a single short clip cannot convey the full range of pacing, vocal delivery and embodied participation. [1]

Geography and communities

Bahrain is a compact but substantial cultural landscape, with Muharraq, neighboring settlements and wider island publics linked by families and cultural institutions. One field should encompass that connected world rather than split adjacent neighborhoods into apparently unrelated centers. Kuwait and other eastern Gulf pearling communities sustain related maritime knowledge at a lower mapped intensity. Those extensions indicate a shared historical and cultural corridor, while preserving Bahrain's particularly well-documented fjiri practice. The landscape follows community relationships, not the modern locations of pearl exhibitions or tourist attractions.

Artists

Qalali Folk Band, Shabab Al Hidd Band and Dar Bin Harban Band provide documented entry routes into Bahrain's traditional performance network. Their repertories and histories differ, so it is useful to check the particular item rather than classify an entire programme as fijiri. Lead singers, drummers and responding participants should all be heard as practitioners. The familiar commercial model of a single star with anonymous accompaniment is poorly suited to explaining a collective art whose expressive strength depends on the ability of the group to answer and sustain one another. [2]

Representative performances

These recordings offer listening examples of the genre. Notes identify the performance setting and any adaptation or mixed repertoire.

MuGlobe listening profile
Repertoire Field use Notes
traditional regional Comprehensive catalogue; recent discovery is prioritized and worthwhile older music remains playable. Preserve specific recording contexts and dates.
MuGlobe representative performances
Artist Performance / song / title Embedded player URL Notes Repertoire kind Repertoire date Recording date Format Opening Places Fit Evidence Review note
Ghalali music and dance group Fijiri song — Muharraq, Bahrain, 2009 https://www.youtube.com/embed/rx_2Ye00-kA The field recording names the Ghalali group and its Muharraq setting. It documents the pearl-diving song tradition in a community performance; the uploader is the documentarian rather than the performing ensemble.[3] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown pending Existing recording Legacy unscoped accepted recording retained; migration does not assert new dates or per-country variants. Existing musical notes and native citations are preserved.
Men's choir of Dar Jnah, Muharraq Hesawi https://www.youtube.com/embed/8PS_yXogWm4 Smithsonian Folkways' official audio from Bahrain: Fidjeri: Songs of the Pearl Divers. The credited Muharraq choir provides an extended listening example alongside contemporary filmed documentation.[4] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown pending Existing recording Legacy unscoped accepted recording retained; migration does not assert new dates or per-country variants. Existing musical notes and native citations are preserved.
فرقة إسماعيل دواس (Ismael Dawas Band) فصل فجري عدساني تنزيلة يا حيف https://www.youtube.com/embed/KmBJAdInug8 Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: فرقة إسماعيل دواس ISMAEL DAWAS BAND البحرين Bahrain. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-10-09; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[5] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: فرقة إسماعيل دواس ISMAEL DAWAS BAND البحرين Bahrain. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
Unidentified Dammam maritime ensemble (archival recording) فرقة الدمام ( قديم) فصل فجري بحري https://www.youtube.com/embed/yOKdOGdFUCI Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: mansoreaa. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Source identifies Dammam and tentatively suggests an early1980s session and one of two bands; keep band/session unknown rather than turn those guesses into facts. Video publication: 2026-07-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[6] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: mansoreaa. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Source identifies Dammam and tentatively suggests an early1980s session and one of two bands; keep band/session unknown rather than turn those guesses into facts.
دار البديع الجنوبية الشعبية (Dar Al Budaia) فجري فصل بحري تنزيلة( يالله ) دار البديع الجنوبية الشعبية🇧🇭 https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZzprEshtSBw Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: دار البديع الشعبية 🇧🇭. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-07-20; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[7] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: دار البديع الشعبية 🇧🇭. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
فرقة الماص (Al Mass) with Dar Al Budaia فجري-فصل حدادي تنزيلة ( قل ما عليه) زيارة فرقة الماص الى دار البديع الجنوبية 🇧🇭🇰🇼 ١١ / ٦ / ٢٠٢٥م https://www.youtube.com/embed/Lj4ICjC9e7c Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: دار البديع الشعبية 🇧🇭. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2025-06-11. Video publication: 2025-06-28; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[8] traditional unknown 2025-06-11 unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: دار البديع الشعبية 🇧🇭. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2025-06-11.
دار البديع الجنوبية الشعبية (Dar Al Budaia) فجري فصل حساوي - تنزيلة لك دان ولي دانا - دار البديع الشعبية🇧🇭 https://www.youtube.com/embed/IlVpugAiUNs Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: دار البديع الشعبية 🇧🇭. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-05-27; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[9] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: دار البديع الشعبية 🇧🇭. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
دار البديع الجنوبية الشعبية (Dar Al Budaia) فجري فصل حدادي - يالله يا المطلوب - دار البديع الشعبية🇧🇭 https://www.youtube.com/embed/tcDgxoF_CUQ Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: دار البديع الشعبية 🇧🇭. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-01-20; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[10] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: دار البديع الشعبية 🇧🇭. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
فرقة إسماعيل دواس (Ismael Dawas Band) فصل فجري بحري تنزيلة صلوا على المختار https://www.youtube.com/embed/E7Q2dr_oi6U Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: فرقة إسماعيل دواس ISMAEL DAWAS BAND البحرين Bahrain. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-01-19; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[11] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: فرقة إسماعيل دواس ISMAEL DAWAS BAND البحرين Bahrain. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
دار البديع الجنوبية الشعبية (Dar Al Budaia) فجري فصل حدادي - دار البديع الشعبية 🇧🇭 https://www.youtube.com/embed/_XCWBbofP0s Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: دار البديع الشعبية 🇧🇭. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-01-08; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[12] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: دار البديع الشعبية 🇧🇭. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
دار البديع الجنوبية الشعبية (Dar Al Budaia) فجري فصل مخولفي - دار البديع الشعبية🇧🇭 https://www.youtube.com/embed/kbf3naBnBCM Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: دار البديع الشعبية 🇧🇭. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2024-12-23; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[13] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: دار البديع الشعبية 🇧🇭. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
علي الحداد، عمر بوصقر (Ali Al Haddad & Omar Bu Saqr) فجري حدادي - تنزيلة أول ما نبدا - النهام علي الحداد والنهام عمر بوصقر - اوزباكستان - مدينة طشقند2024 https://www.youtube.com/embed/EHNGSLFpwhg Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: ali bin nasser. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2024. Video publication: 2024-10-29; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[14] traditional unknown 2024 unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: ali bin nasser. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2024.
دار البديع الجنوبية الشعبية (Dar Al Budaia) فجري فصل مخولفي - تنزيلة مقوى - دار البديع الشعبية🇧🇭 https://www.youtube.com/embed/UV3os49emcc Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: دار البديع الشعبية 🇧🇭. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2024-08-27; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[15] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: دار البديع الشعبية 🇧🇭. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
فرقة إسماعيل دواس (Ismael Dawas Band) فصل فجري حساوي تنزيلة جِدَّح ويل يا مهرومة https://www.youtube.com/embed/9uKq7swEBOY Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: فرقة إسماعيل دواس ISMAEL DAWAS BAND البحرين Bahrain. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2022-05-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[16] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: فرقة إسماعيل دواس ISMAEL DAWAS BAND البحرين Bahrain. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
علي الحداد (Ali Al Haddad) فن فجري عدساني - تنزيلة ياحيف - مسابقة نهام الخليج ٢٠١٩ - النهام علي الحداد (المركز الاول) https://www.youtube.com/embed/oy-kFUXkkF4 Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: ali bin nasser. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2019. Video publication: 2022-02-12; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[17] traditional unknown 2019 unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: ali bin nasser. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2019.
فرقة إسماعيل دواس (Ismael Dawas Band) Rhythm:” Fjeri Mkholfy ” Song:” Wargen ” فصل فجري مخولفي - تنزيلة ورقﹴ و تنزيلة هو يا الله https://www.youtube.com/embed/2T5qJNFXIl0 Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: THE SOUL OF BAHRAIN, by Ismael Dawas Band. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2020-01-02; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[18] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: THE SOUL OF BAHRAIN, by Ismael Dawas Band. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
فرقة إسماعيل دواس (Ismael Dawas Band) Rhythm:" Fjeri Hadadi " Stress Relief - Song:" Sabeh Al Jamry " فصل فجري حدادي - تنزيله صبح الجمري https://www.youtube.com/embed/e2sGc_VeJb8 Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: THE SOUL OF BAHRAIN, by Ismael Dawas Band. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2020-01-01; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[19] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: THE SOUL OF BAHRAIN, by Ismael Dawas Band. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
سالم العلان، هلال بوخالد، أحمد بوطبنية (Salem Allan, Hilal Bu Khalid & Ahmed Butabaniya) فجري عدساني - تنزيلة الله يا عديل الروح - سالم العلان وهلال بوخالد واحمد بوطبنية ** تسجيل نادر https://www.youtube.com/embed/6OAGChjTIjg Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: Bahraini Folk music. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2018-11-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[20] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: Bahraini Folk music. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
فرقة إسماعيل دواس (Ismael Dawas Band) فجري عدساني - فرقة اسماعيل دواس https://www.youtube.com/embed/FW0cZz-7qGc Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: فرقة إسماعيل دواس ISMAEL DAWAS BAND البحرين Bahrain. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2018-09-27; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[21] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: فرقة إسماعيل دواس ISMAEL DAWAS BAND البحرين Bahrain. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
مبارك الراعي، هلال بوخالد، جاسم عبدالرحمن (Mubarak Al Rai, Hilal Bu Khalid & Jassim Abdulrahman) فجري حدادي تنزيلة على دوس - النهام مبارك الراعي وهلال بوخالد وجاسم عبدالرحمن https://www.youtube.com/embed/Q_5yX0ym_qo Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: Bahraini Folk music. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2018-09-18; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[22] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Recording/context source Recording/context source Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: Bahraini Folk music. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
سالم العلان، هلال بوخالد، أحمد بوطبنية (Salem Allan, Hilal Bu Khalid & Ahmed Butabaniya) فجري عدساني - تنزيلة ارحم - سالم العلان و احمد بوطبنية و هلال بوخالد https://www.youtube.com/embed/o_Ase8cAdok Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: Bahraini Folk music. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2018-08-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[23] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: Bahraini Folk music. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
Ali Al Marri & Hamad Bin Hussein ensemble فرقة حمد بن حسين فن مخالف دان النهام على المرى من قطر🇶🇦 https://www.youtube.com/embed/aGfmlYBmjKg Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: فرقة حمد بن حسين. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2016-10-29; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[24] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: فرقة حمد بن حسين. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
فرقة الأفراح الشعبية (Al Afrah folk ensemble) Fajri Adsani/ ‫فن فجري عدساني فرقة الافراح الشعبيه‬‎ https://www.youtube.com/embed/5R1d_UNoid4 Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: Popular Culture of Arabia. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2016-10-08; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[25] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: Popular Culture of Arabia. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
فرقة حمد بن حسين (Hamad Bin Hussein maritime band) فن حدادي https://www.youtube.com/embed/MLjC4yv5Qh8 Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: فرقة حمد بن حسين البحرية. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2016-03-14; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[26] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: فرقة حمد بن حسين البحرية. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
فرقة قلالي للفنون الشعبية (Qalali folk ensemble) لوحات شعبية (فن فجري) https://www.youtube.com/embed/vm0-62ZMqCw Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: Bahrain TV Zaman. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2016-01-21; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[27] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: Bahrain TV Zaman. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
Rashid Al Mass, Abu Awwad & ensemble فرقة قطريه فن فجري حدادي النهام راشد الماص و ملك الطبل ابو عواد والفرقه https://www.youtube.com/embed/3NmdJnIn2QE Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: منتصرالمطر\بوحمد. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2013-11-10; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[28] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: منتصرالمطر\بوحمد. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.
Ghalali music and dance group Ghalali music and dance group, Fidjiri, pearl-fisher, Muharraq, Bahrain, 2009 IV https://www.youtube.com/embed/QVmkFbcbrac Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: Neil van der Linden. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2009-10-07. Another separately numbered song section at the documented October7,2009 Ghalali performance, distinct from the existing425-second segment. Recorder Neil van der Linden is not the performing choir. Video publication: 2012-06-25; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[29] traditional unknown 2009-10-07 unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: Neil van der Linden. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2009-10-07. Another separately numbered song section at the documented October7,2009 Ghalali performance, distinct from the existing425-second segment. Recorder Neil van der Linden is not the performing choir.
Al Amiri Ensemble with nahham Salman Al Ammari Pearl divers music of the Gulf: Haddadi - AlAmiri Ensemble 3 https://www.youtube.com/embed/soiCvYrlSWA Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: bahri1. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Different non-overlapping Haddadi suite sections explicitly identified as Tanzila and Nehma by the source; not also an overlapping full-suite import. Video publication: 2006-11-13; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[30] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Recording/context source Recording/context source Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: bahri1. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Different non-overlapping Haddadi suite sections explicitly identified as Tanzila and Nehma by the source; not also an overlapping full-suite import.
Al Amiri Ensemble with nahham Salman Al Ammari Pearl divers music of the Gulf: Haddadi - AlAmiri Ensemble 2 https://www.youtube.com/embed/JTBl_Bb1GlY Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: bahri1. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Different non-overlapping Haddadi suite sections explicitly identified as Tanzila and Nehma by the source; not also an overlapping full-suite import. Video publication: 2006-11-13; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[31] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Recording/context source Recording/context source Reviewed Fijiri musical recording. Source: bahri1. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Different non-overlapping Haddadi suite sections explicitly identified as Tanzila and Nehma by the source; not also an overlapping full-suite import.

Related genres

Sawt shares parts of the Gulf's social and musical environment but is a distinct art-song tradition. Other maritime work songs, festive practices and contemporary Khaliji popular music provide neighboring paths into the region. These links help a listener hear continuity without collapsing different functions into one category. Fijiri is especially revealing as music whose social purpose changed while its relationship to work, place and collective identity remained audible. Its present vitality lies in people continuing to make meaning together through the inherited repertory.

References and further reading

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fjiri — UNESCO.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Traditional Performances — Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities.
  3. ↑ Ghalali music and dance group — Fijiri song — Muharraq, Bahrain, 2009. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.
  4. ↑ Men's choir of Dar Jnah, Muharraq — Hesawi. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.
  5. ↑ فصل فجري عدساني تنزيلة يا حيف.
  6. ↑ فرقة الدمام ( قديم) فصل فجري بحري .
  7. ↑ فجري فصل بحري تنزيلة( يالله ) دار البديع الجنوبية الشعبية🇧🇭.
  8. ↑ فجري-فصل حدادي تنزيلة ( قل ما عليه) زيارة فرقة الماص الى دار البديع الجنوبية 🇧🇭🇰🇼 ١١ / ٦ / ٢٠٢٥م.
  9. ↑ فجري فصل حساوي - تنزيلة لك دان ولي دانا - دار البديع الشعبية🇧🇭.
  10. ↑ فجري فصل حدادي - يالله يا المطلوب - دار البديع الشعبية🇧🇭.
  11. ↑ فصل فجري بحري تنزيلة صلوا على المختار.
  12. ↑ فجري فصل حدادي - دار البديع الشعبية 🇧🇭.
  13. ↑ فجري فصل مخولفي - دار البديع الشعبية🇧🇭.
  14. ↑ فجري حدادي - تنزيلة أول ما نبدا - النهام علي الحداد والنهام عمر بوصقر - اوزباكستان - مدينة طشقند2024.
  15. ↑ فجري فصل مخولفي - تنزيلة مقوى - دار البديع الشعبية🇧🇭.
  16. ↑ فصل فجري حساوي تنزيلة جِدَّح ويل يا مهرومة.
  17. ↑ فن فجري عدساني - تنزيلة ياحيف - مسابقة نهام الخليج ٢٠١٩ - النهام علي الحداد (المركز الاول).
  18. ↑ Rhythm:” Fjeri Mkholfy ” Song:” Wargen ” فصل فجري مخولفي - تنزيلة ورقﹴ و تنزيلة هو يا الله.
  19. ↑ Rhythm:" Fjeri Hadadi " Stress Relief - Song:" Sabeh Al Jamry " فصل فجري حدادي - تنزيله صبح الجمري.
  20. ↑ فجري عدساني - تنزيلة الله يا عديل الروح - سالم العلان وهلال بوخالد واحمد بوطبنية ** تسجيل نادر.
  21. ↑ فجري عدساني - فرقة اسماعيل دواس.
  22. ↑ فجري حدادي تنزيلة على دوس - النهام مبارك الراعي وهلال بوخالد وجاسم عبدالرحمن.
  23. ↑ فجري عدساني - تنزيلة ارحم - سالم العلان و احمد بوطبنية و هلال بوخالد.
  24. ↑ فرقة حمد بن حسين فن مخالف دان النهام على المرى من قطر🇶🇦.
  25. ↑ Fajri Adsani/ ‫فن فجري عدساني فرقة الافراح الشعبيه‬‎.
  26. ↑ فن حدادي.
  27. ↑ لوحات شعبية (فن فجري).
  28. ↑ فرقة قطريه فن فجري حدادي النهام راشد الماص و ملك الطبل ابو عواد والفرقه.
  29. ↑ Ghalali music and dance group, Fidjiri, pearl-fisher, Muharraq, Bahrain, 2009 IV.
  30. ↑ Pearl divers music of the Gulf: Haddadi - AlAmiri Ensemble 3.
  31. ↑ Pearl divers music of the Gulf: Haddadi - AlAmiri Ensemble 2.

Hotspot mushrooms

Bahrain is the principal living commemorative landscape, not two tiny Manama/Muharraq points. Weaker northern/eastern Gulf fields acknowledge related pearling communities without claiming identical repertory everywhere.

These fields are editorial illustrations of musical affinity and cultural reach, not listener statistics. Radius marks the zero edge of the fade; overlapping fields of this genre combine by maximum.

MuGlobe hotspot mushrooms
ID Location Latitude Longitude Radius (km) Strength Notes
fijiri-bahrain Bahraini Fijiri community landscape 26.1 50.55 200 1 Island-wide recognition with Muharraq cultural-house roots.
fijiri-northern-gulf Northern Gulf pearling-song cultural circuit 28.5 48.5 650 0.6 Kuwaiti and connected maritime communities.
fijiri-eastern-gulf Eastern Gulf pearling-memory landscape 25 50.5 500 0.55 Related Qatar/eastern Arabian social memory and practice.
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