Daf Connection started in 2013 with three friends under the direction of Sultan Kara, who developed her own daf/erbane rhythm and notation system. Since 2019 an association with more than 50 members, most of them women, it is a place where people, cultures and languages meet. At the jazzhane Festival 2023, they taught children and adults the basics of eastern percussion.
With jazzhane
- 15.07.2023 jazzhane Festival 2023, Rote Fabrik Zurich
About
Daf Connection is a percussion group that started in 2013 with three friends under the direction of Sultan Kara.
Sultan developed the Daf/Erbane ryhtm and notation system and shared it with her students. The group grew into an association in 2019 and counts more than 50 members, most of them women. The strong community reaches a wide audience and provides a platform for diverse people, cultures, and languages to meet and exchange.
The Daf/Erbane has been played by women in Mesopotamia for centuries, expressing their feelings at weddings or in religious rituals. Strongly believing in music’s great potential for healing, Sultan describes the positive energy, love, and peace she feels when playing her favorite percussion instrument of choice.
Sultan and her friends will give a percussion workshop for kids and adults at the jazzhane festival.