World Music Day - Significant or Not ??

So..

Guess everyone's through with celebrating the "World Music Day".

We played songs.. we did a lot of stuff on air... we were rocking!!!
Thats what everyone in radio would be thinking... Even in other media...And the clubbers too!!! Isn't it?
Yess.. you were rocking!!!

But... Did anyone of you actually try to understand the significance of the so called MUSIC DAY for the WORLD???
Did any of you ever googled it and read through the first few results??

NO....!!!!  Right??

Let me tell you what it actually means...

One origin of the term was the initiation of World Music Day (Fête de la Musique) in 1982 in France.
World Music Day has been celebrated on 21 June every year since then.

The Fête de la Musique, also known as World Music Day, is a music festival taking place on June 21.

Its a festival where a specific genre of music called World Music is celebrated.
It is not a day where music is celebrated as a whole.

What??? But we thought it was the 'WORLD' Music Day??
Now thats the expression you have reading this right??

Well yess... You were wrong...
Its not the  'WORLD' Music Day... but the  'WORLD MUSIC' Day..!!

So what is World Music??
World music is a term with widely varying definitions, often encompassing music which is primarily identified as another genre.
In the classic definition, world music is the traditional music or folk music of a culture that is created and played by indigenous musicians and is closely related to the music of the regions of their origin.
The term was originally intended for ethnic-specific music, though globalization is expanding its scope; it now often includes hybrid sub-genres such as World fusion,Global fusion, Ethnic fusion and Worldbeat.

WESTERN RADIO AND WORLD MUSIC
Interestingly... World music radio programs these days often play African hip hop or reggae artists, crossover Bhangra and Latin American jazz groups, etc. Common media for world music include Public radio, webcasting, the BBC, NPR, and ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation).

There also are awards...
The BBC Radio 3 Awards for world music was an award given to world music artists between 2002 and 2008, sponsored by BBC Radio 3. The award was thought up by fRoots magazine's editor Ian Anderson, inspired by the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. Award categories included: Africa, Asia/Pacific, Americas, Europe, Mid East and North Africa, Newcomer, Culture Crossing, Club Global, Album of the Year, and Audience Award. Initial lists of nominees in each category were selected annually by a panel of several thousand industry experts. In March 2009, the BBC made a decision to axe the BBC Radio 3 Awards for world music.

In response to the BBC's decision to end its awards program, the British world music magazine Songlines launched the Songlines Music Awards in 2009 "to recognise outstanding talent in world music".

The WOMEX (The World Music Expo) Award was first introduced in 1999 to honor the high points of world music on an international level and to acknowledge musical excellence, social importance, commercial success, political impact and lifetime achievement.[32] Every October at the WOMEX event, the award figurine - an ancient mother goddess statue dating back about 6000 years to the Neolithic age - is presented in an award ceremony to a worthy member of the world music community

So...
This is what the WORLD MUSIC DAY is about..
And what did we think/ do??

So as the old Indian saying goes... "Dil ko behlaane ke liye Ghalib... Khayaal achha hai.." :p Hahahahahahahahaha.....!!!!!!!!!


Stay Tuned... :)