Music and Memory
Songs to share, sing and dance to: a global playlist for those with Alzheimer's
This week, the World Service marked World Alzheimer's Day with a 大象传媒 Music and Memory project, exploring the power of music to reach sufferers with the disease. It launched a website of global tracks to trigger memories, compiled with the help of the 大象传媒's language services. Behzad Bolour compiled 大象传媒 Persian's list, his father suffered from dementia, but still sang with him. He also explores Iran鈥檚 complex relationship with music.
But what tracks does the rest of the world dance and remember to? We hear from 大象传媒 Arabic's Nahed Najjar, Adedayo Owolabi of 大象传媒 Yoruba, Kateryna Khinkulova of 大象传媒 Russian and Partha Prasad from the Indian languages hub in Delhi about some of the tracks they contributed to the world music database, and why.
Image: Elderly Indian lady listening on headphones looking at smartphone
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Fifth Floor
Global stories from the 大象传媒鈥檚 40 Language Services, with Faranak Amidi