Bukharan Group,Ethnic Festival,Israel Museum,Jerusalem,Aug05

Most of the singers in this Bukharan group (seen here performing at an ethnic festival at the Israel Museuum in Jerusalem in August, 2005), having come to the entirely reasonable conclusion that the sound technician was never going to be able to get their microphones working, decided to treat us to an informal and improvised dance presentation, instead, relying on the drummer and the one singer with a working microphone to keep the music going. And what a wonderful performance it was! The best dancer was the oldest guy in the group—the video shows him on his knees, dancing beautifully with his upper body alone. He was outstanding. And, although, obviously, it would have been better if we could have actually heard all of the singers, the music was wonderful.