Damascus countryside - Sana
The activities of the Aramaic Song Festival, which was held today in the city of Maaloula in Damascus countryside, included special heritage songs that express the love of the people of their region and their beauty and distinguish their customs and pride in their country and identity.
The festival, held for the second time in cooperation with the Ministry of Tourism, Damascus Countryside and the Syrian International Foundation, is an important step in preserving the Aramaic language and protecting its ancient heritage and historical heritage, which has been circulating for about 3400 years and is still alive in the towns of Maaloula, Jibdeen and Al-Sarkh in Damascus countryside.
Aram Syriac troupes in Gibadin and Maaloula Aramaic for young people singed the audience with songs that expressed the extent of the mixing of this language with other languages, especially Arabic and touched their feelings and simulated the heritage of this beautiful language.
Rita Wenha and Wahba provided a link of hymns in Arabic and Aramaic for peace in Syria and the world and some popular songs that are known at the level of Syria, while the poets of Gib'deen provided clips of poetry and a set of traditional and popular songs that the audience interacted with and danced to their melodies and applauded.
On the importance of the Aramaic language, Elias Nasrallah, a researcher in the history of Maaloula, explained that the Arameans entered Maaloula about 3500 years ago and called it Maaloula, which means the long and narrow entrance. Despite the challenges throughout these years.
He considered that the Song Festival is important for the dissemination of not only the Aramaic song, but the hymns known to the town and spread since St. Thomas entered it.
Governor of Damascus countryside Alaa Mounir Ibrahim explained in a statement to journalists that this festival is held to celebrate the festivities of October liberation and correction and to confirm that Syria is stronger than terrorism and was able thanks to the heroics and sacrifices of the Syrian Arab Army to restore security, stability and life to normal, pointing out that the festival is a strong message to all who wanted destruction This ancient historical city has preserved the language of Christ with the surrounding villages.
Wael Kayal, Director of Rural Damascus Tourism, said that Maaloula was chosen to hold this event due to its religious and geographic importance and because it hosts many monasteries and churches, including St. Takla Monastery, St. Sarkis and Barfouz and other rocky caves dug in the mountains.
In a statement to SANA, Jihad Zakhour, Director General of the Syrian International Foundation, said that in order to promote tourism in the region and contribute to highlighting the history of Syrian civilization, we are working to revive the Aramaic language, expressing his organization's readiness to cooperate with all parties that seek to preserve Syrian identity.
Zakhour pointed out that the festival aims to protect this language and promote tourism in Syria and contribute to highlighting the history of its civilization, which presented the first alphabet in history and the first note and music ladder and the first olive tree and wheat field and plow dating back to 7500 BC.
"The Aramaic language is still spoken in Maaloula, Jibdeen, Al-Sarkh, Sadr, Hafr and Al-Hasakah and among the Syrian expatriates in India, Sweden, Denmark, Canada and others in the world," he said.
At the end of the festival were honored poets and those interested in this language and teams that participated in the festival.
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