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...concert hall is charged with anticipation. The 5,000 Arabs in the audience break into deafening cheers, stomp their feet, clap their hands and chant "Sa-mi! Sa-mi!" until at last the lights go down. The orchestra swells and Sami Yusuf, 26, emerges through billows of smoke, dressed in a chic black suit and white open-collar shirt. Catching sight of him, the crowd goes crazy, screaming and whistling as though Elvis just entered the building. But when Yusuf begins to sing, it's clear he's not quite like other rock stars. "Peace and salutations upon...
...seems instead to be searching for reciprocity. The crispness of their songs is evidence of the joy they take in their music, but they expect their audience to contribute as well. It’s beautifully illustrated on “Dansez-Vous,” where a whispered chant of “dance, dance, dance” meets a simple statement of purpose...
Naamani had the crowd chant in repetition after him, “We denounce, we condemn Israel’s destruction of infrastructure and killing of civilians just as we denounce the killing of Israeli civilians...
...school in a forest south of Kampala. About 100 students gather weekly under a leafy canopy. Instructors line up herbs on a thin wooden table cut from a single log. Along with the basics of hygiene and anatomy, students learn the identification and uses of local plants. Meanwhile, spiritualists chant, dance and drum to call down spirits and consult them for cures...
...advantage for a half, now found itself down a man when Eddie Pope was given his marching orders by Mr. Larrionda for a second yellow-card foul. The U.S. crowd, some 10,000 of whom filled one corner of the arena, let loose with that classic "Bullshit, Bullshit" chant and began flinging plastic cups, some of them half filled to get greater distance. (And that cost money, by the way. All beer cups here are returnable for a one euro deposit - these are the green World Cup games...