ANCIENT ASSYRIANS of northern IRAQ - Assyrian folk music

ANCIENT ASSYRIANS of northern IRAQ (Mesopotamia) - Iraqi folk music. Heritage of the ancient Assyrian civilization of Mesopotamia. 6:15 - ancient Israelites led into Assyrian captivity (being punished by God for idolatry). Music: Assyrian folk dance “Dabka“, a line stamp dance popular among the Assyrians of Iraq and in neighbouring territory. Performed by Munir Bashir - Assyrian musician from Iraq. One of the local words for the dabka -- ashūriyya, which means “from Assyria“.