The mysterious tribal music of Sephardic Jews - Kondja mia (official video)
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מתוך האלבום ״שושנת הרוחות״, אנסמבל יאמה 2020
From album 𝙍𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙨, 2020
Kondja Mia - My Rose
lyrics & composition: traditional Jewish Sephardi-Turkish
arrangement: Aviv Bahar
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Talya G.A Solan - lead vocals
Aviv Bahar - kopuz, back vocals
Yonnie Dror - duduk, clarinet, back vocals
Nur Bar Goren - percussion, back vocals
Avri Borochov - double bass, bendir, back vocals
recorded live By Marko Gurkan at Kicha Studios
mixed by Avri Borochov
Director of Photography & Editing: Zohar Ron - www.zoharon.com/
dress: Dodo Bar Or
styling Talya: Julie Ardon
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~ קונג׳ה מיה - ורד שלי ~
מילים ולחן: יהודי ספרדי
עיבוד: אביב בכר
מרפרטואר שירת מגורשי ספרד, קהילת יהודי טורקיה
טליה ג. סולאן - שירה
אביב בכר - קופוז, שירה
יוני דרור - דודוק, קלרינט, שירה
נור בר גורן - כלי הקשה, שירה
אברי בורוכוב - קונטרבס, בנדיר, שירה
בימוי, צילום ועריכה: זוהר רון - www.zoharon.com/
הקלטה: מרקו גורקן, אולפני קיצ׳ה
מיקס: אברי בורוכוב
סטיילינג טליה: ג׳ולי ארדון
שמלה: דודו בר אור
Kondja mia is a Jewish Sephardi song from the repertoire of Jewish community that settled down in Turkey after the expulsion from Spain in 1492
After the expulsion of Spanish Jews, Jewish communities moved to settle throughout the Ottoman Empire who accepted them and allowed them religious freedom.
The 15th century Spanish continued to be present but mixed with other languages.
In this song there is Turkish influence by using words from Turkish language and by playing in rhythm (11/8) that is mainly characteristic of traditional Turkish music
The song is sung by a young man that suffers the torments of love and swears he would never fall in love again. He is captivated by the charm of his dark-skinned lover who broke his heart.
canción sefardí antigua en Ladino. / Sephardic Judeo Song / traditional Jewish Sephardic music.
Canciones Sephardies de Turkey. Judeo-Español - Canción tradicional Sefardí
~~~ About Ladino / Sephardic language ~~~
Ladino, otherwise known as Judeo-Spanish, is the spoken and written language of Jews of Spanish origin. Ladino was consolidated as a specifically Jewish language after the expulsion from Spain in 1492, when it came into contacts with Turkish and other Balkan languages, and adopted a massive vocabulary from Hebrew. It is also known as Judezmo, Dzhudezmo, or Spaniolit.
When the Jews were expelled from Spain and Portugal they were cut off from the further development of the language, but they continued to speak it in the communities and countries to which they emigrated. The further away from Spain the emigrants went, the more cut off they were from developments in the language, and the more Ladino began to diverge from mainstream Castilian Spanish. Ladino therefore basically reflects the grammar and vocabulary of 15th century Spanish, but has heavy Hebrew and Turkish components.
Jewish Sephardic repertoire, Ladino, Judeo - Español - Hudba
For those who wonder what is mysterious about the song:
This language is rare, unique and mostly unspoken, it's a blend of Turkish, old Spanish from 15th century and other influences the Jews collected during years of exiles.
The music is influenced by Turkish music where the creators of the song used to live.
it's unusual to bring to the front that rare mysterious songs and still keep them watched, heard and relevant.
There is nothing "mysterious" about Ladino. it's well known, well documented, well researched, Well recorded by others, including this Kondja mia. If something is 'Mysterious' People know nothing at all about a subject.
There is nothing 'Tribal' about our music, are you kidding me? This portrayal in word and in the video is completely wrong. It would be nice if we can leave Orientalism at the expense of Sephardim at the front door and not perpetuate it, because this is not okay.
Find your cave and crawl back in chaver.
Thank you for sharing this . Very fascinating the explanation. The music was raw & wonderful.
@AmazighStarNet. all the groups are. After the Romans kicked out the Jews, they went all around the mediterranean but some went to Spain and some went to Italy and then migrated up to Germany.
@@ah795u
King James 1999
Génesis 9:27
God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
Ashkenazys are cousins of sephardics. Sephardics we're i'm Spain (Sefar) before romans destroyed the Temple. Ashkenazys...we're blessed to be under the Toráh (tent) of Shem.
When you get tired of listening to top 40 junk music you go down the tunnels of youtube and find amazing stuff like this that speaks to your soul.
Thanks for listening & commenting 🙏💚🙏
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I felt the same thing
Oh yeah....!
Amen!!!!
Former Muslim here appreciating the music of the Jewish culture. This song is beautiful!
♥️Thank you Silver man
@@Yammaensemble anytime :)
Thank you brother
You can still appreciate the culture of Al Andalus and the omayads
@@silverman824 hope you are well bless you
So beautiful!
As a Spanish speaker from the Americas, it feels like I’m listening to an old displaced cousin singing from an ancient homeland we both share.
𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 😍 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 😍
@@Yammaensemble¡Gracias a vosotros por tan hermosa música!
This song has survived for centuries for a reason, it's fantastic
Hi all 😍
We're a group of musicians based in Israel.
We're sharing the beauty of our culture with lots of joy and pleasure.
Feel free to write any comment and let us know your feedback.
Yes, We love reading you and it really makes us happy.
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We come here to create harmony and peace through music .
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Loved it
what culture?
Yamma Ensemble - יאמה - يمة hahaha May I kiss all of you? Especially Talya 😘 💋 lol :) love you guys always. From California.
Hebrew, Jewish, Israeli
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I love your music. I'm Puerto Rican and I can understand like half of what y'all sing! Its so cool!
🌸Thank ❤️you🌸
It has spanish in there so you should. You share kinship with judah.
@@brazilianman92 Thats awesome, didnt know that! (Chilean btw) was gonna write something similar as brotha
Li Herrera Adaros you don’t want to know what xaxo means but you can suspect
Another Cortez ( psuedo- Jewish relationship) convert I see. It'll say it on your DNA test if u are. I am 70 % Iberian soooooo it trumps(pun intended) my measly jew blood. Embrace your history. Modern Israel is the birthplace of the new Inquisition so why embrace the New evil yet deny the old...oh stupid question..it's because it's PC to do Sao..as it was for Spain back then.. hypocrites.
I'm amazed by the music. It's really beautiful how Jewish, Spanish and Turkish elements integrate together. Love and respect from Istanbul.
Thank so much dear Arda 🎶💚🎶
I speak Spanish and I understand this. How cool 🥹I am half Salvadoran and half Ashkenazi
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I’m a Sephardic Jew whose family is from Turkey! I’ve seen some comments questioning whether this is Sephardic or not. It is, indeed, Sephardic because it’s sang in Ladino and obviously about some sort of folk story. Just because it’s sigh, Turkish sounding, doesn’t mean it’s not Sephardic. Some of our people have lived in Turkey for centuries so we’ve of course blended the cultures together, but all the while we’ve spoken Ladino. The language used in this song is the key determining factor on whether it’s Sephardic or not.
We were basically forced to move around from country to country because you know, we’re Jews and history doesn’t like Jews. So that’s why the sounds are so blended.
Sephardic people were expelled from the Iberian Peninsula in the 1400s, after living there for a thousand years (give or take.) If we didn’t leave or convert we were killed, so a lot of us left and dispersed around the Mediterranean. Lots of countries mean lots of different beats. 🤷🏻♀️ Think about it.
Also, Ladino is Spanish Hebrew. So yes, again, if a song is in ladino it’s Sephardic - no matter the style of music.
🎶💚 Thank you Elizabeth 💚🎶
Ladino y turco
The Alhambra Edict you refer to is one of too many sins of catholic church so although i am catholic i don't approve of all things done to your people in the past and still can't figure out where does the hatred towards jews comes from. You do know more about your people than me but Konja Mia is beautifull song and i love to hear old and ancient songs knowing that none of the todays modern song can't compare to them. I don't hate jews and in my family we don't care about which religion you follow because we'll accept you for who you are. That's case in my family but i can't speak for other croatian families.
Thanks Nino. our music is targeted for all music lovers regardless faith or religion. ❤️
Thank you Elizabeth I wonder what part of turkey ?
Oh my gosh. I found this song through suggestions of CZcams. This has touched my soul deeply. I recently discovered information about my father's family (a couple of years ago). He shared with my mum and me that his family background comes from Sephardic Jews from Spain and Portugal. They immigrated to Brazil and lost their roots there due to religious persecutions. I felt so bad when I learnt about this because it is about my past too. Unfortunately, my father passed away in 2019 and couldn't share much about his story with us. At the time he finally opened up about it, he was already with Alzheimer's. I am currently slowly getting in touch with my roots, and finding this video as a suggestion from CZcams makes my heart warmer. Thank you, guys.
hey, on the similar journey as you. Last year discovered my mother's Sephardi lineage in the Balkans that disappeared by end of 19th century (further supported by high percentage of Iberian/North African DNA). We have hired genealogist to look into this further and so far are getting early indications of forced conversion in 1850s. Anyway, good luck on your journey!
This is really moving. thank you so much for sharing and spending time with us. 🌸🌹🌸
we hope you'll get a deeper sense and knowledge about your heritage and ancestors's history. there is much beauty to discover.
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@@stefans943 thank you for your support. Really appreciate it. I thought about doing a DNA test as well. But still not quite sure about doing it so. Good luck on your journey too!
Good journey to you! We lose so much of our history when trying to adapt to a new country. Our melting pot mind blots out the past when trying so hard to leave the past in the past. It’s part of our heritage. My Grandmother kept a journal and every member of our family has a copy…even the spriglets!
Tejana here. Generations ago, we were exiled from Spain due to Alhambra Decree that targeted the Sephardim Jews. We converted to the Catholicism of our new home remembering the harsh lessons from our mother country. Beginning of last century my grandmother tried to baptize my uncle with the sacred name of Saul. The priest refused saying that Saul was not a Christian name. My grandmother named him Saul anyway as my mother named my brother Saul. There is truth in what you say about how this is very easy for us latinos to understand.
My grandparents were from Turkey and migrated to the U.S by way of Mexico , My Grandfather established the first Sephardic Temple in Los Angeles . Tifareth Israel it is still there! I listened to this type of music as a young child often
Thank you so much dear Mark 🎶💚🎶
How wonderful for you.🤗💕
The language is LADINO, which is Judeo-Spanish. It's Spanish as it was spoken in 1492, when the Jews were expelled from Spain by Isabel and Fernando, los reyes catolicos. It was preserved by the Jews wherever they went: Turkey (the Ottoman Empire), Morocco, Italy. It is written with Hebrew letters.
💐Thank you for spending time with our music💐
Not exactly but close as a simple explanation.
@@Yammaensemble No, thank you
This song and music touches the heart of those us descendents of the Spanish Jews (Sephardic) that were driven out of Spain in 1492 Alhambra Decree. As a kid in early 1960 in Mexico, I recall my grandfather ancient set of keys on an iron ring that hung by the door that didn't fit any of the doors in his house. The keys had been passed down through generations to the homes that my ancestors were forced to leave in Spain.
Heartbreaking ...
@@malissasmith7937 My grandfather never spoke about it, and I didn't find out until I was in my 50s, after researching my last name that also included DNA research. In Mexico all Jews were forced to convert to Roman Catholic and to my grandfather's credit as a younger man during Mexico's Religious Civil War he fought against the Catholic Church control over the Mexican government La Guerra de los Cristeros. Federal Forces against forces that the Catholic church controlled.
HI Pedro - 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄 🍃🌸🍃
@@Yammaensemble Es loque Vive en El Corazon.
@@pedromeza2398 What an extraordinary legacy! Thank you for sharing it!
I am part Sephardic (mom side) , they were expelled during the Inquisition. its nice to hear this music.
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Beautiful song and lyrics! My grandfather is the only one in my family who still speaks Ladino so I immediately send it to him! He LOVED it!
Shalom Daniel 🙏❤️🙏 Tʜᴀɴᴋ ʏᴏᴜ SO ᴍᴜᴄʜ
Her vocals is so distinct in a good way and the instruments are bomb, creating a very beautiful sound.
🙏💞🌸 Thank you April 🙏💞🌸
Thank you for this wonderful music! I'm ashkenazi jewish my self, but I've always been interested in all subgroups of jewish culture and this has been a real insight.
♥️ Thank you ♥️
This makes me proud to have Sephardic ancestry. I never knew this was such a hidden gem.
Sung in "Ladino", the Sepharadic linguage, a kind of Spannish dialect like Yiddish is a kind of German dialect......
exactly 🤗
thanks for spending time with us 🙏
Yiddish isn't a dialect. It's really its own language.
One family close to us, our family, when I was a child, were Sephardi from Turkey. Tonight, I am alone, in the cold ❄️ (no heat in this place); your music 🎶 helps keep me warm while I wait for the sun to rise and summer to come.
❤️ 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴. 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘯 ❤️
🎶𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 🎶
This makes things like Grammy awards look like cultural poverty inflicted on the rest of the world.
Bravo 👏 👏 👏 This is real music from the depths of the human soul.
Greetings from 🇮🇳 .
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I totally agree that the music praised today in the Grammy awards is mindless and heartless, but very profitable for the large production companies.
This music by the Sephardic Jews is beautiful, haunting, and full of soul.
Its beauty needs needs to be heard by more people, not the fake, moneymaking music that comes out of the Grammys.
India ❤❤❤ Bharat
Wonderful country and people. Love from Israel
This is wonderful music. It’s quite similar to Bulgarian folk music - also a remnant of the Ottoman empire. What a wonderful culture, and so close to being lost.
So glad to see this
Sure. there is an influence of Balkan music. you can read in video description
🍃🌸🍃𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄 🍃🌸🍃
You guys are voice of Jewish culture in the world...Love and greetings from India.
Yakov, thank you so such a touching compliment ❤️🙏
Love this folk song...coiling the mysterious love and Natural music together....making it so perfect...
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I’ve never been to Israel, but I first experienced the beauty in the Israeli woman’s voice, when I was at the baptism site in Amman Jordan. I was standing at the river, and I could not see the buildings behind the small hill, but I heard numerous women singing, and I remember asking the Jordanian soldier if he liked that music, and he said why do you think they put me on this post? Because I ask for it all the time so I can listen to them sing. Wish I could go back one day! Beautiful music guys! Thank you!
🙏🏼 💞 ❤️Thank you Dan 💞 ❤️🙏🏼
Sung in Ladino (Judeo Spanish), which can be understood by modern Spanish speakers, in spite of a few archaisms, as well as a handful of Hebrew and, in this case, Turkish words. In fact, some linguists even classify late 15th century Spanish as "early" modern Spanish. Love it. I'm a Spanish speaker and I understood 90% of the lyrics (without subtitles).
Thank you for this comment. I speak Spanish or at least I try. I thought I heard Spanish in these words, but I was like how is that possible. Your comment answered my question. Blessings to you.
@@flamingangel999 You're welcome. Amén. Blessings to you.
Thank you Stefano
🕊🕊💕🕊🕊 𝘞𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶.
@@Yammaensemble thank you. Shabbat shalom.
This is amazing. As a half Ashkenazi, half Sephardic Jew this just gave me a spine chilling feeling that was very comforting! My heart goes out to Yamma Ensemble ❤ Am yisrael chai
I'm a Spanish speaker and I understand some of the song. Incredible, the connection is there.
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You bring so much beautiful emotions with your beautiful songs... Thank you !
thank you 🙏😍
The blend of many nations and their instruments, makes music become more complex and healing to the soul. It’s never just one, tribe, nation or continent. This piece has Indian , Persian , Moorish , Arabic and Levantine roots
Thank you William. 🕊🕊💕🕊🕊 𝘞𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶.
🕎 ✝️ ☪️ 🕉 ☯️ 🔯 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴
Thank you for the reply. You are the first site to ever acknowledge a comment from me. I wonder if you have listened to Andalusian Flamenco music from Southern Spain. It too, has strong Moorish and Sephardic influences in the music. Cameron de las Islas is a fine example to listen to. Good fortune for your future, and thank you for the pleasure you have given to so many people. Best wishes from South Africa.@@Yammaensemble
as a sephardic jew from istanbul i have found your interpretation fantastic tks
Thank you so much! it is an honor for us to have such words specially from Turkish Sephardic listener 🙏❤️🙏
Love from Izmir, Turkey :)). We have Sephardic Community here. I am studying their religious and non-religious music. People more than 45 years old know and talk Ladino here. Thanks for this great song :)
🙏🌹 Love to beautiful Izmir and its people 🙏🌹
I am happy to know there is a Sephardic community in Izmir and that there are still people speaking Ladino.
@@margaritakleinman5701 Yes... Even, the largest Turkish Sephardi community lives in Istanbul. Izmir is the second.
@@sulecayci7319 That's wonderful to know, thanks for sharing this information:)
@@sulecayci7319 Btw I am part Sephardic and I know some Ladino songs. The Sephardic music is so unique and beautiful, I am glad that there are people who are still preserving it.
im american and i absolutely love my jewish brothers and sisters i love youre music!! :D
Thank you so much Scott ❤️🙏❤️
Took my dna all my life I felt it. I’m an Afro-Latino. Puerto Rican and Spanish and Dominican. DNA came back said im sephrodic Jew. My last name is Medina
which adn test did you take?
Ancestory dna app.
Please release more. This is the first that comes from the search "Jewish Mystical Music".
I love the way y’all are saving our Sephardic heritage, May G-d bless each and every one of y’all, Shalom and howdy from the Lone Star State
🙏❤️ thank you Joey
Yamma Ensemble - יאמה - يمة definitely ! Toda Rabah
We came from Spain, so long ago this is our music. The stories say ...we were expelled for being religious heretics. We became shepherds and lived with people other people who shared our plight. The language is one melded from Castilian Spanish, Turkey and another called Ladino. I remember this music at gatherings as a child. This song drew memories and chills. Thank you for the memories I thought had faded.
Thank you Virginia ♥️
As us Chileans , along with the mozalarabe exiled moors in hiding
There’s also Moroccan Hebrew , where we got xaxo from
@@Reprodestruxion mozárabe
You are most welcome in Spain whenever you wish to return. Sephardic Jews were expelled due to that era's religious beliefs and circumstances, but you are part of Spain's history and this is your land, so you are most welcome to come recover your roots. Sephardic languages are absolutely amazing, and me being Spanish, a philologist, and understanding a big part of the lyrics, it makes me feel actual chills to hear this song
Catching that old Spanish while listening from a once Spanish colony in the Caribbean. Beautiful music.
Thank you Guillermo 🎶 🌸🌹🌸🎶
Without using the subtitles, 60% of the lyrics are perfectly understood and it is so exciting and sad that in the history of Spain there is a centuries-old debt with the Sephardie Jewish people and culture
Traicionaron a España durante la conquista musulmana, odio se les tiene de no haberse arrepentido de la sangre que por su culpa se derramo, sangre de inocentes asesinados y violados por los salvajes musulmanes. Como ahora por desgracia vuelve a pasar, la historia se repite.
This music is awe inspiring to the mind & soul. Great bonfire jam. God Blessed the YAMMA Ensemble!
thank you 🙏😍
This is sung in Ladino, or Judeo-Spanish. The Language of the Jews of Spain and Portugal, which they have kept and still speak to this day, primarily in Israel.
🙏🌷🙏 Thank You
I'm Brethonic, Celt, Norse, Anglo-Saxon, Norman (and all the others who claim the UK as home). This song still manages to call to me, even though I don't completely know the words. Thankyou for sharing this, it somehow calls upon a bond we all share.
𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 ❤️
@@Yammaensemble Nope, thank you!
Absolutely wonderful, goose-bump producing music. I have a few Sephardic CD albums, but I don't remember these songs being on them, so I'm glad to come across them. I'll share this with others I think may be interested.
Thank you so much Jon.
We try to bring out songs that haven't received much attention.
there are so many beautiful Sephardic songs ❤️🙏
I am proud to have sephardic roots.
Yep, you should be proud. such a beautiful heritage ❤️
Me too.
I'm a Sephardic Turkish jew. We've been living in İzmir/Turkey for generations. I'm so lucky my parents taught me this beautiful language. I'll also teach my children. Gracias for this magnificent song 🇹🇷 ✡️
🌷❤️ thank you Erdem 🌷❤️
merhaba
@behice yıldız czcams.com/video/SIyDCyiN3v0/video.html
Amazing to find spanish from the fifteenth century so alive. Any spanish speaker can understand almost everything. Beautiful.
𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖 Rafael ❤️
It is of course Ladino which is based on Medieval Castilian, but contains Aramaic and Hebrew words.
I'm raised without knowledge that I'm Jewish, it was very sad to find out that I know nothing about it. I wish my parents told me, but they couldn't they were scared to say anything, and only when we moved to Canada I find out from other people, and when they couldn't hide it they toled me that secret, that they were guarding for so long, I was heart broken to realize that I new nothing, now I'm trying to find more about Jewish culture and people. It's still a mystery to me why they would not say anything at all.
Thank you very much for your performance. I'm fascinated with the mistery of Jewish language, and culture!
Same here but I live in Morocco, I got to know some from my friends especially foreign living here but it's not as if you learn it as a child!
@@hakimmoden4235 that is so sad, is this happening all over the world?
@@hakimmoden4235 make aliyah brother (:
my Granpa's mom was Jewish, but they hid it from us until my aunt started doing genealogy and found out. I think Gram must have known, but they lived in a small town and were probably afraid of being ostracized if people found out.
❤️🙏🏼We're blessed having listeners like you. thanks a lot for stopping by, listening and commenting
Charming atmosphere - the song full of heat and passion.
Beautiful outdoor, wonderful performance - excellent clip.
Thanks such artists like you all, folklore is still living and develops.
thank you so much 🙏😍
The language is Ladino, spoken by Jews first in Spain up to the Expulsion in 1492, and then throughout the Ottoman Empire. Its like the Yiddish spoken by Jews in Europe- a mixture of the local language together with Hebrew.
Exactly ✨🙏🏼✨
The language seems more Spanish than anything else... I'm trying to hear the Hebrew influence in the words, but...
(still beautiful, though)
Do you say that Ashkenazic music of today is "just stolen Western music?"
The music reflects the culture & norms within which it was composed & sung@Menachem Goldfarb
Menachem Goldfarb wow what’s up with you man :)
From India with love. Mesmerising and beautiful music and song. Wow!
Tʜᴀɴᴋ ʏᴏᴜ SO ᴍᴜᴄʜ❤️
Thank you my widow was of this clan. It is beauty.... may your passover have fathers blessing
Shalom.
💕💕𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩💕💕
@@Yammaensemble
I love you too.
Somali here, showing love to the Jewish music, I always felt drawn to this type of music! My community might be antagonistic to the Jewish community but I love the Jewish community regardless! Shalom ehlu Yisrael!
Thank you very much ♥️תודה רבה
Shalom from Oregon, US.
May The Lord bless you all!
May The Lord bless Israel!
🌷 🌷🌷 🌷 Thank you 🌷 🌷🌷 🌷
Much love from Portugal to all "Sefarditas". I'm a descent from the Ben-Saa family of Toledo, that moved to northern Portugal. Our coat of arms is still a silver and blue chessboard pattern, with a Bull with a golden nose ring and falling tears of gold. May we all be together again one day :)
💐Thank you for spending time with our music💐
Makes my heart and soul sing even though the subject matter being about love and heartbreak brings me back to some painful places. If you are in your 20's and 30's (& beyond), searching for love, going through breakups or loss, i hope that your heartaches don't crush you. Pouring them into music and art is beautiful and I would say, necessary, to survive what aches your soul. And read the book of Psalms (Tehillim) because every emotion is there, pouring out every sadness, every agony, every despairing thought to Hashem (the Lord God). (Of course, there is great joy and celebration too.)
"The Lord is close to the broken-hearted, and saves those crushed in spirit."
Psalm 34:18
When we are in broken state, it is then we are most open to being humble. I hope for all to experience the closeness and love of Hashem. 💕🙏💕🙏💕🙏💕🙏💕🙏💕
🌸🌹🌸 thank you for sharing.
Brilliant!!! Shalom to all Sephardim! Sooooo beautiful! Saludos y bendiciones a los Sephardim de España
Thank you Dan
Shabat Shalom. És mucho maravilhoso escuchar el Ladino numa cãnção tan bela.
💗 shabbat shalom - muchas gracias 💗
sephardic gal from north carolina recognizes you, feels her gypsy roots and loves your music. thank you.
𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒔! 𝑩𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑰𝒔𝒓𝒂𝒆𝒍
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Blessings on you ~🍃🌺✝️
Greetings from Greece! I didn't know that you had so nice music in Israel, i love this song!
Thank you Anastasis ❤
Jewish shakira
More seriously I don't understand a single word but I love it
A muslim girl lost in youtube 😄 peace and love my Jewish brothers all over the world ❤️
Thank you so much 🙏🏼 ❤️🙏🏼 love from Tel Aviv.
Nice girl
@Idk Idk Shakira is for the most part Colombian, born and raised from Colombian mother, her father is Lebanese , that's about it.
You are changing the world. If you are a Muslim you are the essence of what it means to truly be one.
I'm Sephardic and I speak Spanish and a little Hebrew, I could understand most of those lyrics without needing to use the subtitles.
Thanks for visiting our channel 🙏🌸
I am Spanish myself and could understand quite a lot of the lyrics. Ladino is such an amazing language
I can understand too
I’m here because 25% of Mexico are Sephardic Jew and I have currently hair 🙂
I'm from Turkey, Thank you for showing us such beautiful songs.👏👏
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Selam! Nasilsin? Şimdi Türkçe oğreniyorum. Çok güzel bir dil, çok iyi bir ülke, çok iyi bir insanlar! 😍 Ben Turkofiliyim.
𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 🕊🕊💕🕊🕊 warm regards to beautiful Turkey and its people.
@@Jewish_Israeli_Zionist Esenlikler dilerim, sorduğun için şimdi çok daha iyi hissediyorum. Umarım sizler de iyisinizdir😍
@@alpaysirin5824
Teşekkürler 🙏
@@Jewish_Israeli_Zionist שלום לכולם merhaba bende ibranice öğrenmeye çalışıyorum
This song is absolutely lovely, and also I'm glad I learnt something new about a different culture from the comments. Love from India ❤
🍃🌸🍃 Tʜᴀɴᴋ ʏᴏᴜ SO ᴍᴜᴄʜ 🍃🌸🍃
𝑩𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑰𝒔𝒓𝒂𝒆𝒍
OLD CATHOLIC, LOVES JUDAISM, WILL ALWAYS BE PRO-ISRAELI. AT 70, I AM TOO OLD TO CHANGE. SHALOM.
Thank you Woody. we send you love from Israel ❤️🙏
Good luck with that one martin.lol
@Martin Rudling Why don't you tell them/him/whoever yourself, dickhead.
I’m seventy and my parents are 95. They are too old to change, but not me. :)
In old age is when you should be *most* prepared for the biggest change that you will ever experience, from here to the hereafter. So don't be so stubborn, or you will have only caused greater suffering for yourself!
Cool. I'm from Spain and understood a lot of this. The language hasn't changed that much from Fifteenth Century. 😃
That's great! 🌸𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 🌸
Proud of my roots.
yes, you should be. beautiful roots
🎶 💚 🎶
Ladino is the language Spanish Jews spoke and it's very rare to find people speaking it nowadays. After they were kicked out of Spain in the 14th century , the Ottoman Empire opened it's borders and welcomed the Spanish Jews.Nowadays there are very few people who speak it - particularly found in the countries where the Ottoman Empire used to be. I know in Bulgaria there are very few Jews who speak it. It is a truly unique language that has barely survived. It is good to see that people are trying to preserve it and it's culture. Well done!
Yes, exactly. thanks for adding that info.
𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄 🍃🌸🍃
𝑩𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑰𝒔𝒓𝒂𝒆𝒍
I recently found out that I have ancestry from Portugal that my great grandfather was a Sephardic rabbi that went to Holland and then went to settle a Jewish community in Brazil. He translated the pentateuch into Spanish.
Richard your right and Bayezid the 2nd of the Ottoman empire sent ships to Spain and brought sephardic jews to his empire. I am Ashkenazi and my wife is sephardic.I get to hear both types of music 🎶
King David will trip you out He is probably dancing right now I am in love with. Your music God bless
Hi Martha, Tʜᴀɴᴋ ʏᴏᴜ SO ᴍᴜᴄʜ❤️
I am Sephardic Bulgaria Jewish love is very much
𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩. welcome.
🕊🕊💕🕊🕊 𝘞𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶.
That is a long way from Morocco, Algeria, Portugal and Spain. The Ashkenazi kingdom was in southeast Ukraine, much closer to Bulgaria.
@@mrbaab5932
When a person is not educated and does not know world history, it is better to remain silent. Jews were forced to leave Spain in 1492 along with the Muslims were expelled by the Inquisition and they were accepted by the Ottomans who ruled Eastern Europe so they lived for more than 500 years there. And my daughter and my grandchildren got a Portuguese poster because of that. I don't need their passports. When you talk about The Ashkenazim came after the Second Temple Divorce with both Eastern Europe and a large part of course also to Arab countries. A fool also needs to know how to keep quiet when he doesn't know world history. Some of the "new Christians" in Spain are former Jews and some returned to Judaism depending on how many years. Our language of Jews Sephardim is very similar to Spanish. I am now in Spain and understand almost everything. After they went into exile from Israel they ruled Israel for a short time after the destruction of the Second Temple. Mamluk Christians, the French, the English and Jews are the only ones who in every prayer would say next year in Jerusalem and a small part remained for 2000 years in Israel. All archeology It is 2000 years old, Jewish, non-Muslim. Even in the Koran, the word "Jerusalem" is not mentioned even once. With us, dozens of times. Of course, also in prayers. Who was Jesus? A Jew who was born in Nazareth and died a Jew murdered by the Romans. You are most of the Arabs with primitive mental tribal thinking. Not with intelligence. They only like to lie to themselves too.
@@YammaensembleWhen a person is not educated and does not know world history, it is better to remain silent. Jews were forced to leave Spain in 1492 along with the Muslims were expelled by the Inquisition and they were accepted by the Ottomans who ruled Eastern Europe so they lived for more than 500 years there. And my daughter and my grandchildren got a Portuguese poster because of that. I don't need their passports. When you talk about The Ashkenazim came after the Second Temple Divorce with both Eastern Europe and a large part of course also to Arab countries. A fool also needs to know how to keep quiet when he doesn't know world history. Some of the "new Christians" in Spain are former Jews and some returned to Judaism depending on how many years. Our language of Jews Sephardim is very similar to Spanish. I am now in Spain and understand almost everything. After they went into exile from Israel they ruled Israel for a short time after the destruction of the Second Temple. Mamluk Christians, the French, the English and Jews are the only ones who in every prayer would say next year in Jerusalem and a small part remained for 2000 years in Israel. All archeology It is 2000 years old, Jewish, non-Muslim. Even in the Koran, the word "Jerusalem" is not mentioned even once. With us, dozens of times. Of course, also in prayers. Who was Jesus? A Jew who was born in Nazareth and died a Jew murdered by the Romans. You are most of the Arabs with primitive mental tribal thinking. Not with intelligence. They only like to lie to themselves too.
@@Yammaensemble When a person is not educated and does not know world history, it is better to remain silent. Jews were forced to leave Spain in 1492 along with the Muslims were expelled by the Inquisition and they were accepted by the Ottomans who ruled Eastern Europe so they lived for more than 500 years there. And my daughter and my grandchildren got a Portuguese poster because of that. I don't need their passports. When you talk about The Ashkenazim came after the Second Temple Divorce with both Eastern Europe and a large part of course also to Arab countries. A fool also needs to know how to keep quiet when he doesn't know world history. Some of the "new Christians" in Spain are former Jews and some returned to Judaism depending on how many years. Our language of Jews Sephardim is very similar to Spanish. I am now in Spain and understand almost everything. After they went into exile from Israel they ruled Israel for a short time after the destruction of the Second Temple. Mamluk Christians, the French, the English and Jews are the only ones who in every prayer would say next year in Jerusalem and a small part remained for 2000 years in Israel. All archeology It is 2000 years old, Jewish, non-Muslim. Even in the Koran, the word "Jerusalem" is not mentioned even once. With us, dozens of times. Of course, also in prayers. Who was Jesus? A Jew who was born in Nazareth and died a Jew murdered by the Romans. You are most of the Arabs with primitive mental tribal thinking. Not with intelligence. They only like to lie to themselves too.
Looked so much years for sephardic music. Now the algorythmus let got this! Alhamduillah!! Music with deep soul!
Standing with you.
All your songs are wonderful and charming, live Israel, 🔯I'm crazy about Jwish saphardim music,❤❤
Thank you🙏😍תודה רבה
@Kizo Mi What do you mean exactly? I know the music and its roots too. Im an innate artist, Yah, I know where this sounds are from since the start of the song. Do you know the truth now? You should also know that The Hebrew heritage is diverse, with the cultures and folklore of many peoples and societies, not just the ones you mentioned but their countries of origin as well. And the whole world .....
@Kizo Mi. hi! I have no desire to play verbal ping-pong. your thoughts disconnected my friend, they have neither beginning nor end, only you want to say that you are practicing the flûte & harmonica. whoever plays and loves songs for more than 20 years, is not venomous. I don't have time to continue an endless negative dialogue.
@Kizo Mi The flûte & harmonica👍
@Kizo Mi in my opinion the violin is the best.
Excellent! ..Beautiful Lady Beautiful voice!!!..So expressive!!! Thank you for sharing!
Thank you Matt 🙏💞
Wow...speechless. This is the music of my ancestors and it is so beautiful. Thank you!
You're very welcome
🍃🌸🍃𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄 🍃🌸🍃
Music really makes us forget about region, religion, caste and colour.
Love and peace. ♥️
Music is a pure joy 🍃🌸🍃 Tʜᴀɴᴋ ʏᴏᴜ SO ᴍᴜᴄʜ 🍃🌸🍃
Ladino es muy parecido al español, casi entiendo 80-90% de lo que cantan. Hermosa musica.
Yo tambien!
🌺🙏🌺 muchas gracias
Es genial y me gusta el ritmo
asi es.
Yes... it looks very Spanish.
But I'm also curious, how much literary tradition and footprint (over the years) is there on Ladino?
I live in Texas and my ancestors came here in 1502 from Spain because they were Sephardic Jews and had to escape Spain. My husband is Arab from Morocco and what's weird is that we both can understand this song about 80% of the words. Since my husband is from the Mediterranean it does not surprise me that he can understand those old languages. Nowadays, my family is Christian but we look Jewish because our hair and skin tone is very different from most Latin people from the Americas. Love your work, keep it up. With love, from Texas.
That's interesting to hear.
Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and spending time with our music.
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Shalom, my family lived in Spain then too, jesus is burning on the moon io of Jupiter, that’s esoterica for you, I’ve met the Shekinah, Hashem, blessed is He, He called me Mishpacha and admonished me for not allowing a gentile orphan to reach for Him. I’m a BarShlomoh Son of Solomon. the New Testament is a lie, consider your ancestors who fled Spain instead of converting, or all the crypto Jews, just recite Adon Olam and Shema Yisrael, give teshuvah (repentance) and stop engaging in the idolatry and heresy associated with evangelicals
Check out Gittin57A, Sanhedrin43A, Sanhedrin107B and see what is said about jesus
Well you must both know Spanish then, because it has only a 1% of Arab, 90% old Spanish, 9% other Romance languages. It would be impossible to understand almost 80^ if you don’t speak Spanish, so being from Morocco does not help at all.
HallelYHWH
My family came from La Norte de España 🇪🇸 to Nuevo México in 1610 we are Sephardic Jews also and followers of YESHUA HaMoshiach Elohenu
Ain't this massive lump of rock we all share just brilliant!
Yes indeed - it is a wondrous and mystical place. The older I get the more apparent this becomes.
As an Ashkenazi Jew, I've never heard Ladino before, but i always wanted to..... I'm glad that CZcams algorithms are intelligent enough to take me to this musical journey. And special thanks to "Yamma" for keeping this culture alive!
Thank you Aviel for this comment and for taking the time to listen our work.
𝑩𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑰𝒔𝒓𝒂𝒆𝒍 🕊🕊💕🕊🕊
great song, it remind me when I was little, I come from a mix of Sephardi and Ashkenazim Jewish ancestral with a small Spanish and Moroccan heritage.
Shabbat shalom, I have moroccan heritage to.
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Thank you Rakhel 🙏❤️
Rakhel
Great, Rakelika.
The beat, the musical instruments, some words like kondja (gonca), chichek (çiçek), de (de), ke (ki) feel so familiar to me, a Turkish person. Truly amazing. It's fascinating to witness how many civilizations got embraced by our lands. Thanks for sharing this masterpiece.
𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 ❤️
𝘞𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶.
embraced is a strong word i would say jews were tolerated
This is some of the most beautiful music I've added to my "Worldmusic" folder. 🙏🙏Thank you!
𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 ❤️
Please keep sharing the music...we need it.
We're doing our best. thank you Allie ❤️🙏
This is absolute delicious. I had thought it sounds similar with Anatolian Turkish and Balkanian music styles as mixed, but then I saw above statement, Safarid-Turkish.
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I have collected Sephardic music and loved it from the start....enjoying it more since I found yours...gracias!
Shalom Jimmy - Tʜᴀɴᴋ ʏᴏᴜ SO ᴍᴜᴄʜ❤️
I first heard this a couple of years ago and I am still in awe of how wonderful it is both visually and musically. In Victoria, Australia, my wife and I have not been permitted to play music with our friends for too long because of restrictions. Your music gives us great joy. Thank you for that. I hope that, some day, when life returns to a semblance of pre-Covid normality, you will tour Australia. Until that time, I shall continue to enjoy your music on CZcams. Please take no notice of the negative comments that some have posted here. You have responded well to them.
Cheers,
Steve.
Shalom dear Steve, thank you so much for sharing your feedback and thoughts.
We are blessed to have listeners like you. 🎶💚🎶
I am Spaniard and can understand everything. Tears in my eyes.
Thank you so much Christina.
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I love your music. I speak Räto Romanisch like 30.000 speak in the Alps Region Switzerland. I understand some Ladino words. We d,ount now where our language come from. It is very near latin. Shalom from the Alps Switzerland.
Thank you Ernesto🙏❤️
Beautiful music! CZcams recommendations did a great job here. Hi, from Philippines!
Hi, Thank you and youtube as well ♥️♥️🤗🤗
When a song sound so familiar (Turkish) yet so foreign at the same time. Makes me curious about all the other beautiful cultures, languages and music we did not encounter yet 🌍. My wanderlust is triggered my ears are blessed. Thank you 🙏🏻
Thank you Suzan. you can scroll down and read about the song and its background. there is a reason the song sounds familiar 🌸🙏🌸
This music touch me inside 🥰
Greets from Germany
🎶❤️🎶 Thanks!
I have always loved Sephardic music. Sometimes it seems more Spanish influenced, sometimes more Greek. The 11 beat rhythmic cycle of this gorgeous piece makes it especially interesting. Well done!
Thank You ❤️ ❤️
Love From Spain, we need to recover the sefardi culture!!!
Yes, that's right! we try to do our best.
𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄 🍃🌸🍃
I keep coming back to this. I love it so much speaks to my soul. I wanna be outside there by teh fire listening and playing.
I am not a Sephardic Jew but a Latin American living in Australia. I was blessed to have heard Yasmin Levy singing on a World Music channel on a plane flying to the US. I fell in love her emotive voice, and the Ladino language fascinates me because of its longevity and persistence. I saw a video where some Jewish children are being taught Ladino. That is wonderful. There is a whole cultural history there that I hope continues to be preserved. Yamma Ensemble, thank you for sharing this beautiful music and language for future generations.
Thanks a lot dear Ana❤️
Yasmin is great!!
Wow! I’m blown away. I not only understood the Ladino/Spanish part but also the Turkish words they are using! Such as Kondja is Gonça meaning rosebud in Turkish and Çiçek is flower. We have Sephardic, Gypsy and Turkish blood in my family that is from Guatemala. Amazing song!
Thank you Tamar 😊♥️🙏
wow ....don't know what I expected. but I'm blown away.....tasteful...masterful soul filled music
Thanks 😊 ♥️
Yamma Ensemble - יאמה - يمة I came here to be anti Semitic and call jews the synagogue of Satan ...
... but alas....the music turned out to be much MUCH better than I anticipated.
So you win this round, jews.
@@DanielAquarian ...dude...you really need to work on the whole complement thing
uncle shaun ...what the hell are you talking about? I couldn’t have been more appreciative of these sneaky Jews and their excellent music.
@@DanielAquarian I didn't want to laugh at that....fail
A reminder that art doesn’t die it just passes down to next generation
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This was a fortunate recommendation by an algorithm. I'm not experienced in Jewish culture, but I felt this music strongly. Excellent music. Moving performance.
Hi Aaron 🌸🎶🌸
we create music out of respect for culture, history and roots. It really does not matter if ones experience with Judaism or any other faith.
the music is targeted to all music lovers wherever they are. there are many elements to enjoy: special rhythms, texts from the sources, fascinating harmonies, passion, love, faith, joy, spirituality ..thanks for writing and listening 🙏❤️🙏