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Across the Indian Ocean: How East African Music Survives in Iran

Across the Indian Ocean, a powerful musical story survives in the Strait of Hormuz. It is shaped by migration, memory, and resilience.

Along Iran’s southern coast, in places like Bushehr, Hormozgan, and Qeshm Island, Afro-Iranian communities carry forward traditions rooted in East Africa. These cultural connections trace back centuries through trade routes across the Strait of Hormuz and the forced migration of African peoples from regions like Mozambique, Tanzania, and Malawi.

At the heart of this story is #zar, a healing ritual found across the Persian Gulf and East Africa. Often led by women, zar blends music, trance, and spirit possession, using rhythm and collective performance to confront illness and restore balance. It is one expression of a deeply syncretic culture where African practices merge with Persian poetry and Sufi spirituality.

In Bushehr, #Bandari music, meaning “music of the ports,” reflects this fusion through instruments like the ney-anban, a goatskin bagpipe, the tombak drum, and layered percussion. These sounds have traveled beyond the Gulf and reached global audiences.

Artists like @saeid_shanbehzadeh and the Shanbehzadeh Ensemble have played a major role in bringing Southern Iranian music to the world. With roots tracing back to Tanzania, Shanbehzadeh bridges generations, preserving traditional forms while collaborating across genres. Alongside artists like @rostammirlashari, these musicians have blended Afro-Iranian traditions with jazz and other global styles, even while facing exile and restrictions on performance in Iran.

Today, a new wave, including acts like @labyrinth.1, is pushing these sounds forward. Electric instruments and modern production are shaping the next chapter while honoring the past.

Despite political repression and ongoing tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, Afro-Iranian music persists. It moves from zar ceremonies and Sufi-influenced rituals to wedding music and contemporary fusion.

Full article: https://www.afropop.org/articles/across-the-indian-ocean-how-east-african-music-survives-in-iran

#StraitofHormuz #IranianMusic #AfroIranian taken in Strait of Hormuz تنگه هرمز by @labyrinth.1

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I am a girl from the south of Iran, the city of Lengeh, the land of winds, a land where if I had not been born and grown up, I would have thought that everything I heard was a story. I love my city, but the social conditions there created a cage for me. I had to break it to be freed so that today I can talk to the labyrinth and tell the world the secret of my city.
دختری هستم از جنوب ایران شهر لنگه ، سرزمین بادها ، سرزمینی که اگر در آن متولد نشده بودم و در آن رشد نکرده بودم همه شنیده هایم را قصه می پنداشتم ولی هیچ جز حقیقت نیست من عاشق شهرم هستم ولی شرایط اجتماع آنجا برای من قفسی را ساخته بود که برای رهایی باید آن را می شکستم تا امروز بتونم با لابیرنت حرف هایم را بزنم و رمز و راز شهرم را به گوش ها برسانم
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@labyrinth @collectiveforblackiranians @priscillia_pkh
Dir: @priscillia_pkh
DP/ edit: Sebastino Franco
Wardrobe: @lesbenjamins by @labyrinth.1

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Prod:
@labyrinth @collectiveforblackiranians @priscillia_pkh
Dir: @priscillia_pkh
DP/ edit: Sebastino Franco
Wardrobe: @lesbenjamins by @labyrinth.1

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Ajoze (official music video ) of labyrinth
Full video on youtube
Link in bio by @labyrinth.1

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Sarab (official music video) of labyrinth
Full video on youtube by @labyrinth.1

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I’m Niaz, the other lead singer from our music band Labyrinth. Like Omid said, we’re a fusion band that stands between African healing traditional sounds and Bandari sounds from the south of Iran. We sing in Persian and Bandari so stay tuned for our next track, Etehad, Unity, for our Revolution. Until freedom.
من نیاز هستم، یکی دیگه از خواننده های اصلی گروه موسیقی ما Labyrinth. همانطور که امید گفت، ما یک گروه تلفیقی که از صداهای سنتی درمانی آفریقایی و صداهای بندری از جنوب ایران استفاده می کنیم . ما به فارسی و بندری می خوانیم پس منتظر آهنگ بعدی ما باشید، اتحاد،برای انقلاب ما تا آزادی.
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Shovari - @offboy1 & @niniskr1
Director : @slpabbas
Music product by @padash.ahmad @prodbybaba @saeed_azab
Arrangement & sound engineer: @saeed_azab
Back vocal : marjan
Product by @collectiveforblackiranians
Guitar electric : @amir.manafpoor
Record by studiobluesound
Clothing designer : @sitra.womenclothes
Special tnx @_sovastika_ @miitraa_miti @alavi.me @arezooshokoh_pv @atefe_shokouh_pv @vidasoltani_estate by @labyrinth.1

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شواری برای شادی دل همه هموطنانم‌ تقدیم می کنم سالی پر از رقص و آواز و سلامتی داشته باشید به امید آزادی مردم سرزمینم
لینک در بیو‌
#shovari #labyrinth#musicvideo #شواری by @labyrinth.1

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Shovari of labyrinth
(Out now on all music platforms)
Link in bio by @labyrinth.1

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Shovari (offecial video)
Full video on youtube( link in bio)
Vocals : @offboy1 & @niniskr1
Director : @slpabbas
Music product by @padash.ahmad @prodbybaba @saeed_azab
Arrangement & sound engineer: @saeed_azab
Back vocal : marjan
Product by @collectiveforblackiranians
Guitar electric : @amir.manafpoor
Record by studiobluesound
Clothing designer : @sitra.womenclothes
Special tnx @_sovastika_ @miitraa_miti @alavi.me @arezooshokoh_pv @atefe_shokouh_pv @vidasoltani_estate by @labyrinth.1

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Our collaboration with the persian street documentary
همکاری ما با مستند پرشین استریت
#labyrinth#fusionmusic#healing #shamanmusic #persianstreet#documentary by @labyrinth.1

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One of our old performance in Avini
یکی از اجراهای قدیمی در آوینی
#labyrinth #zar#shaman #healingusic#fusionmusic#perforance #concert by @labyrinth.1

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Omid & niaz
#labyrinth #maze #shaman #healingmusic by @labyrinth.1

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