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| Fijiri | |
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| Native name | الفجيري |
| Stylistic origins | Kuwaiti and Bahraini music |
| Typical instruments | Human voice |
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| Country | Bahrain |
| Reference | 01747 |
| Region | Arab States |
| Inscription history | |
| Inscription | 2021 (16th session) |
| List | Representative |
Fijiri (Arabic: الفجيري; sometimes spelled fijri, fidjeri, or fjiri) is the specific repertoire of vocal music sung by the pearl divers of Eastern Arabia's coastal Gulf states, especially Bahrain and Kuwait. A lead singer is backed up by a chorus of accompanying singers and clapping. The accompanying instruments to a fidjeri ensemble are a small double-sided hand-drum, known as the mirwās (المرواس) and the jāhlah (الجاهلة), a clay pot played with both hands.
There are eight genres of fijiri: sanginni (sung on the beach, not on the boat), bahri, adsani, mkholfi, haddadi, hasawi, zumayya, and dan; the last two are viewed as subgenres of hasawi and mkholfi respectively. Bahri and adsani are the two main genres.[citation needed] Pearl diver singers are referred to in Arabic as nahham (نهام). Salem Allan and Ahmad Butabbaniya are two of the most well-known fijiri singers from Bahrain.
