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Armenian Women: Voices Through Song
Zulal A Cappella Folk Trio
Zulal members discuss what Armenian folk songs can tell us about young women's lives in the village.

Armenian Women: Voices Through Song
The Zulal A Cappella Trio is a musical powerhouse that gives life to Armenian village folk melodies through unique and original arrangements. Here, members of the trio discuss the role of women in the Armenian musical tradition. In a reality where young girls and women didn’t have much of a voice to express themselves, folk songs provided a place of refuge--a place to speak one’s mind, hopes and dreams. While these songs tell stories of daily life in an Armenian village from the perspective of young women, they are also universal in their themes as one sings a song to lull her child to sleep, another asks to be matched favorably in marriage while still others pass their working hours gossiping at the spinning wheel.

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