Baraye - SCARF tribute

SCARF - Socially Conscious ARtists Foundation is a Redmond, WA based non-profit organization. Its mission is to "Create and foster art that brings awareness around social issues to galvanize change."
Moved by the plight of the people of Iran and motivated by the Women, Life, Freedom movement around the world, the dancers were particularly inspired by the lyrics and music of "Baraye" by Shervin Hajipour. Under the artistic direction of Dr. Joyce Paul Siamak, both trained and untrained dancers came together to lend their voice through this choreography.
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#baraye #dance #bharatanatyam #iranprotests #mahsaamini #shervin #shervinhajipour

[@mortezamoghaddam9959]

Excellent!!!

[@shariame]

Zan Zendegi Azadi! Solidarity with the women, the artists, the youth of Iran! Keep Shervin out of prison. Free Toomaj!!

[@petervonstedman6151]

A dance performance that says more without words than 1000 words can do.

[@amirsaidi1312]

بی نهایت زیبا و کاملا با هویت! !!!🙋

[@Katja711974]

Bravo

[@ham1987ed]

ممنونم از شما. این پیام را همراه با اشک 😢😢😢😢 مینویسم. زن زندگی آزادی

[@carladiblasio2072]

È qualcosa di meraviglioso non ci sono parole. Un cuore e un'anima da Roma, Italia ✌️❤️

[@elhamdabagh8016]

That is a great job and touch my heart. Thanks a lot you be our voice❤❤❤

[@scarfglobal1518]

It was our honour! Thank you for your support @elham.

[@nadershayanpour3901]

Thank you so much for this very beautiful and thoughtful dance

[@scarfglobal1518]

Thank you too!...for watching and supporting our cause

[@somayehs_f8954]

Oh, my heart 🥺🥺💕💕💕✌️✌️✌️

[@scarfglobal1518]

We send you love, strength and hope @somayehs

[@diyac9554]

So incredible. Really inspired to see the solidarity support through this powerful SCARF dance presentation. Love all of you!! May the women struggling there find the freedom to live, love, and be safe to be themselves. Everyday the news coming from there has been disheartening; our voices and actions matter. Thank you for doing this. ❤

[@vigneshrk]

^this is my akka!!!

[@scarfglobal1518]

Thank you Diya for always being a supporter of SCARF and participating in a majority of our productions. We missed having you in the cast this time over. With a very grateful heart - from all of us @SCARF

[@suhasinivaradhan8950]

@2:40 that formation can be interpreted in so many ways! Elegant and beautiful...

[@scarfglobal1518]

Thank you @suhasinivaradhan. Would love to hear more about your interpretations!

[@vigneshrk]

wow this is great! i dont want to presume, but it looks like it had notes of bharatnatyam style dance in it! great choreography that illustrates the song beautifullly! baraye ekbatan dancing girls also...

[@scarfglobal1518]

You are absolutely right @vigneshrk!!!! A majority of the trained dancers in this group are Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi dancers. The remaining dancers have folk and world dance exposure. The choreographer herself is a disciple of Smt. Leela Samson and is trained in both Bharatanatyam and Mohiniattam.

[@ali0698h]

😭🖤😩✌️😩🖤😭

[@purvadhanashree6381]

I can see this again and again. To reinforce my faith in humanity, hope , togetherness, inclusiveness. My pranaams to Joyce akka, every dancer and all the team members for bringing this creation to us.

[@scarfglobal1518]

Thank you Purva. Coming from an excellent dancer like you, it means a lot to the entire team! Much love and gratitude.

[@ushamenon3667]

Very nice work a great message for the freedom of the women

[@scarfglobal1518]

Thank you very much!

[@vmenon2]

Superb 👌👏👏👏👏👏🌹brilliant and synchronised performance by all 👍🌹

[@scarfglobal1518]

Thanks for watching. We worked really hard on synchronization and we are so glad you enjoyed it!

[@user-zw5bv1kz8p]

Woooow,this is great

[@bobbobak8337]

Hi, damet Garm. Thanks

[@maheshmenon3552]

Great message 👍 👏

[@iraj4621]

Very nice

[@Katja711974]

Protest in Iranians Kathak Fusion ❤

[@user-yj8xe6ld3m]

ژن ژیان آزادی ❤

[@MaxLotfi]

Wonderful performance. 👏👏👏

[@scarfglobal1518]

Thank you so much 😀

[@mostafakaviani1359]

💖💖💖👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@thushw]

Nicely done, Joyce!

[@scarfglobal1518]

Thank you! 😊

[@jyotijani2986]

Beautiful stunning piece ❤

[@scarfglobal1518]

Thank you! @jyotijani. Thank you for watching and for supporting the Women Life Freedom movement in Iran

[@pani5690]

#Women_Lif_Freedom✌🏼🟩⬜🟥🦁 #Zan_Zendegi_Azadi✌🏼🟩⬜🟥🦁 #Mahsa_Amini✌🏼🟩⬜🟥🦁 #Baraye✌🏼🟩⬜🟥🦁 #مهسا_امینی✌🏼🟩⬜🟥🦁 #زن_زندگی_آزادی ✌🏼🟩⬜🟥🦁

[@moodasf]

this is my translation: name of song: for the sake of name of singer: shervin hajipour ( he was arrested for posting the song on social media and forced to remove the original version and he is was prisoned because of it but was freed due to world wide outcry ) 🪘🥁🎻🎹🎸🪗🎷📯📯🎷🎸🎸🪕🥁🪘🪕🎹🪗📯🎷🎸🎻🪕🥁🪕🎻🎸🪗🪗🎷📯 in order to dance on the alley🎶 (dancing is illegal in public in Iran and punish able by law) for the sake of fear in time of kissing 🎶(kissing and showing affection in public is illegal in Iran and punish able by law) for the sake of my sister, your sister and our sisters 🎶(referring to the treatment of women as second class citizens in Iran) in order to change the rotten ideology🎶 (referring to the bias believes in Iran toward freedom) for the sake of embracement of lacking or having little income 🎶(due to economical problems in Iran people don't have jobs or they receive little income for daily needs) for the sake of having a normal life 🎶(due to the archaic laws and economical hardship) for the sake of street kids and their dreams 🎶(in Iran there are many street kids that survive by scavenging food scraps from garbage bins) because of the forced economy 🎶(in Iran government change the price of goods and foreign exchange rate to force people to pay higher rates so government can rubbed them from their income) in order to stop air pollution🎶 (due to lack of natural gas the government is burning waste oil to generate electricity which cause so much pollution) for the sake of haggard trees that are on the side walk of the valie-e-asr street🎶 ( due to recent sever drought many of old trees in capital city Tehran specially valie-e-asr street are dead or dying ) for the sake of pirooz and possibility of extinction of its species 🎶( pirooz was an astatic cheetah cub given the name pirooz meaning victories in Persian because he was the only one in the litter that survived, it was the first time there was a successful birth in captivity. unfortunately pirooz passed away at 10 month old, there only 12 static cheetah alive in Iran. side note: when I was translating this part I break down in tears because at the time of recording the music pirooz was still alive )😢😢😢😢 for the sake of condemned innocent dogs🎶 ( in recent years in Iran having dog as a house pet or owning it in general has been banned, even street dogs are killed by acid injection because Iranian government believes owning a dog as pet which is an untouchable animal represent western culture ) for the sake of constant crying🎶 (due to current situation in Iran ) because of repeat of this image at that moment 🎶( refers to watching the moment of Ukrainian airplane getting shot down by Iranian regime by father of one of the victims over and over again. side note: I almost started to cry all over again ) for the sake of the smiling face🎶 ( refers to Iranian girls hides their faces in social media due to speaking up against the government and fear of retaliation or hiding it in general due to sexist culture in Iran ) for the sake of student and their future🔊🔊 🔊🎶( at the time of writing Iranian government has poisoned many school girls at school by gas in retaliation because school girls were in forefront of demonstrations, Iranian government killed many school girls during demonstrations ) for the sake of this forced heaven 🔊🎶( referring to government using religion as a tool to control people in any way possible from freedom of speech all the way to the forced dress code on women in Iran ) for the sake of imprisoned geniuses🔊🎶 ( refers to imprisonment of Iranian open minded intellectuals ) for the sake of Afghani children🔊🎶 ( in Iran many children of Afghani heritage denied the very basic needs based on their ethnicity ) for the sake of all this and for the sake of non repeat able🔊🔊🔊🎶 ( refers to tweets and hashtag of "for sake" slogan of movement which is tweeted and hash tagged over and over again but it is still refresh and new ) for the sake of all this empty slogans🔊🔊 🔊🎶( referring o school kids being forced to protest on the streets with slogans of death to America and Israel which they don't believe in it ) for the sake of statics of decaying houses🔊🔊 🔊🎶( referring to collapsing of apartments building due to being built on incorrect regulation by corrupt oligarchs of Iran to make money ) for the sake of feeling of peacefulness🔊 🔊🎶( people wanting to feel in peace in the present situation of Iran ) for the sake of sunrise after long nights 🔊🔊🔊🎶( referring to the winter solstice which is celebrated in Iran, in Iranian mythology in the morning of winter solstice good wins over evil ) because of insomnia and depression pills🎶 ( people in Iran being under mental pressure ) for the sake of manhood, nation, prosperity🎶 ( the second part of movement slogan ) for the sake the girl who wished she was born as a boy 🎶( referring to inequality between boys and girls in Iran ) for the sake of womanhood, life and freedom 🔊🔊🔊🎶( first part of movement slogan ) for freedom🔊🔊🔊🎶 for freedom 🔊🔊🔊🎶 for freedom🔊🔊🔊🎶 🪘🥁🎻🎹🎸🪗🎷📯📯🎷🎸🎸🪕🥁🪘🪕🎹🪗📯🎷🎸🎻🪕🥁🪕🎻🎸🪗🪗🎷📯