Jewish Traces in Unexpected Places: 13-Year-Old Sofiya Sings Hava Nagila in Uzbekistan's Talent Show "The Voice"

Ovoz is an Uzbek entertainment vocal talent show. It is the Uzbek version of the format of the television vocal competition "The Voice", bought by a franchise from a Dutch producer.It airs on the channel "Zo'r TV" from April 20, 2024.

The main task of this show is to find and select universal vocalists who sing not only in different genres, but also in different languages. In the show, participants can demonstrate their vocal abilities to the audience and the jury both in the performance of jazz or rock, as well as folk songs or classical vocals.

In this episode aired on November 5, 13-year-old Sofiya Fadeyeva belts out a rousing version of Hava Nagila.

Enjoy!

Hava Nagila Around the World - Malika Hakimova Sings at Uzbekistan Talent Show

One of the joys of posting videos on Jewish Humor Central is discovering new versions of traditional Jewish and Hebrew songs as they are performed around the world, often in unexpected places.

Since we started Jewish Humor Central in 2009 we have posted 104 different versions of Hava Nagila. The song has shown up in many countries, including some unexpected ones (Scroll down the left column on this page and click on Hava Nagila in the Keywords list and you'll see what we mean.)

Today we're posting a version of Hava Nagila that was performed at a Uzbekistan TV Talent Show by Malika Hakimova.

Enjoy!

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Welcoming Shabbat with a Bukharian Shalom Aleichem

The liturgical poem Lekha Dodi is sung to many different melodies throughout the world, including melodies from India, Central Asia (Bukhara), Yemen, Kurdistan, Italy, Bulgaria, Germany, and the Mountain Jews of the Caucasus.

Wherever Jews gather for prayer on a Friday night, there one can find Lekha Dodi being sung.

Today we're sharing a version that was popular among the Jews of Bukhara, a city in Uzbekistan in Central Asia. Below the video of Lekha Dodi is another video about the Bukharian Jews.

Enjoy, and Shabbat shalom!

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In the lands along the Silk Road, Jews lived under some of the world's most powerful empires. Despite their isolation from other Jewish communities, oppression, and forced conversion, this ancient community persisted. This is the story of the Bukharan Jews of Central Asia.




(A tip of the kippah to Dan Mosenkis for bringing these videos to our attention)