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Ramallah
Ramallah is a Palestinian city in the central West Bank located 10 km (6 miles) north of Jerusalem. It currently serves as the de facto administrative capital of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA).
Ramallah, like most Palestinian areas, has a rich folklore of song and dance. Songs accompanied people in every occasion whether it was the harvest season, roofing a house, traveling, coming back from travel, engagement, wedding, or even death. Most of the songs were sung by the women with the exception of Zaffeh and Mal'ab which are sung by the men at wedding celebrations. Palestinian educator Bahia Khalil's book "Ramallah Folklore Songs and Traditions" documents to a great extent this oral tradition inherited from one generation to another.
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