Dances of Bushehr
The province of Bushehr is restricted from north to the provinces of Fars and Khuzestan, from east to the provinces of Fars and Hormozgan, and from south to the Persian Gulf coast line, and encompasses such areas as Khormuj, Kangan, Kaki (Deyr), Jam (Velayat), Borazjan, Sa'dabad, Shbankare, Rig, Genave and Deylam.
In former times, this province was called Liyan, a center of the Elamite empire, which was the crossroad among several cultures. The very city of Bushehr was originally founded by Ardashir Babakan (in 240-260 AD) and known to be a prominent commercial center of the whole region of Persian Gulf from the 16th and 17th centuries (A Guide to Iran's Provinces, Ebrahim Eslah Arabani: 495-496; Bushehr during the first decade of Revolution: 7-9; A view of Bushehr, Iraj Afshar Sistani: 15, 34-35). Its inhabitants comprise a blend of Aryan, African, Sumerian, Semite, Arab, and Dravidic migrants, and the natives of the region.
Influenced by African and Arabic music (The Music of Bushehr, Mas'udiyye: 15), the music of Bushehr has kept its native characteristics, and especially, the music of merry festivities (wedding, circumcision ceremony, etc.) is a mix of Bushehri music and the music of neighboring migratory peoples like the Lors of Kohgiluye-o-Boyerahmad, Bakhtiyaris and Qashqayis; further, a number of songs prevalent throughout Abadan, Khoramshahr and Bandarabbas ports, named "Bandari" with no fully identified roots add to them.
Ney-e Jofti and Dayere are both old instruments of merry ceremonies in this province. In some areas, Ney anban (Ney hanbune) and Dammam are also played; in Shif island, near Bushehr, Yazle (part of wedding lyrics) is performed along Dammam at grooms' bath. ...