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{{short description|Folkloric music and dance native to Persian Gulf}}
{{expand Arabic|date=March 2024|topic=cult}}
'''Samri''' ({{langx|ar|سامري}}) is a [[folkloric]] [[bedouin music]] and [[dance]] that originated in [[Najd]], [[Saudi Arabia]]. It involves singing poetry while the [[daff (drum)|Daf]] drum is being played often while two rows of men, seated on the knees, sway and clap to the rhythm. Roughly 300 years old, samri is a style of festive music that was traditionally played late at night in the desert when families gathered around; the women's style of samri is a bit slower with more dancing.<ref>{{cite news |last=Saeed |first=Saeed |date=June 21, 2021 |title=Sawt to nagazi: seven traditional music genres from the Arabian Gulf |url= https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/music/sawt-to-nagazi-seven-traditional-music-genres-from-the-arabian-gulf-1.1245899|work=[[The National (Abu Dhabi)|The National News]] |location= |access-date=November 4, 2023}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSjnv55tW/ Video of Samri performed at operetta in Saudi Arabia]
* [http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200702/saudi.folk.music.alive.and.well.htm Saudi Folk Music: Alive and Well]

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[[Category:Middle Eastern dances]]
[[Category:Arab culture]]
[[Category:Arabic music]]
[[Category:Music of Saudi Arabia]]


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