Prof. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis analyzed an excerpt of the text Periplus of the Erythraean (Red) Sea on Socotra.
In a series of four videos, we will present an edited and enlarged version of Prof. Megalommatis' article, which was first published here:
http://www.afroarticles.com/article-d...
Prof. Megalommatis' article was commented and discussed by Russian specialists as republished here:
https://profmegalommatistextsinrussia...
First video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4dYm...
As music accompaniment we selected what reflects the diversity of the multicultural community of Ancient Socotra - Disokouridou Island. For the present video:
00:00 - Bar Mariam Syriac Christian Song
Nasrani Malayalam Syriac song
The Nasrani Aramaeans settled in Malabar before the Christian era; they are also known as Saint Thomas Christians. Knanaya Aramaean Christians fled Mesopotamia around the middle of the 4th c. CE to avoid persecution at the hands of the Sassanid Empire of Iran. Syriac Aramaic is their religious language, but they are also natives in the local Dravidian language Malayalam.
5:51 - Incense Prayer (in Aramaic) نفحات العطر العذب
9:18 - The Fourth Canticle in Coptic (Tasbeha: Psalms 148, 149 and 150)
The 4th Canticle in the Coptic language, chanted during Tasbeha (Sunday Midnight Praises) in Coptic Orthodox Churches.
15:50 - Socotri poem
Credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcrBP...
Yemenites, Dravidian Indians, and Egyptian and Greek Alexandrians lived in Socotra as per the information provided by the Periplus of the Erythraean (Red) Sea. Aramaeans, who were omnipresent alongside the trade routes between East and West, settled there and Cosmas Indicopleustes (6th c. CE) mentioned their presence. At the time, Socotrans were Nestorian Christians.
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