One of the most political Michael Jackson song has been translated into Kurdish this time! We all remember the Lebanese version which became very popular back in 2015.
But let’s not wait an longer and listen to this Kurd Version:
Bajar, an Istanbul-based Kurdish music group, adapted the late King of Pop Michael Jackson’s 1996 hit single “They Don’t Care About Us” to Kurdish and released a recently-shot music clip of their performance.
With its focus on mingling traditional and modern genres as well as instruments, Bajar collaborated with ‘Defjen,’ an all daf-playing ensemble, in creating the rework of the protest song in the Kurdish Kurmanji dialect.
Daf is a Middle Eastern frame drum broadly used in traditional Kurdish music along with songs and classical poetry.
Defjen and Bajar performed the song at Istanbul’s posh Kadikoy Sahne scene.
In its adaptation, Bajar led by the Ankara-born vocalist Vedat Yildirim simply translated Jackson’s English lyrics into Kurdish.
For more information about Bajar, Visit their Official website HERE
SOURCE: Kurdistan24
