From: Colombia
Her video channel (Click Here)
Arab culture transcends Arab ethnicity in South America.
May 5, 2021 – Edited: Had to take out dead links. Took out some text as well.
From: Colombia
Her video channel (Click Here)
Arab culture transcends Arab ethnicity in South America.
May 5, 2021 – Edited: Had to take out dead links. Took out some text as well.
I suspect this wedding is Muslim. The poster has another video about women wearing hijabs.
Almost all Arabs in Venezuela are Christian, so if these are Muslim, they are probably newer arrivals, which might explain why the music is in Arabic, instead of Spanish.
That being said: This looks like a reasonably assimilated group, here. I do not see women in burqas. Do you?
This will take a while to catch but at (1:02) it becomes clear
that his Chilean dance mob is dancing to Arab music.
At (3:03) you can hear them try to approximate, the Arab tongue rolling yell.
A Chilean dance mob in the capital of Santiago dances to Arab Music.
Again, Arab culture has thoroughly and completely gone mainstream in South America, and has moved out of its ethnic community to be embraced by all.
Some Notes: Chile is 5% Arab. The USA, by comparison is only about 1% Arab; and many of those are Lebanese Maronite Catholics, who may not even identity as Arab, but rather as only Lebanese.
Check the notes on Chile in this site to learn more.
Again, notice the total saturation of this within South American culture. Non-Arabs are joining in.