Ormurin Langi ("The Long Serpent") is a ballad type song (kvæði) in the Faroe Islands. It was written ca. 1830 by Jens Christian Djurhuus. In case anyone is interested.
This (and check out the other vids linked here to Faroese folk dance) just goes to show that there are cultural expressions so old and deeply rooted in us humans that there's really no point arguing about any constructed notions of nations, "heritage" or "culture". We are all humans, telling stories, making music with nothing but our bodies, and in doing so, strengthening our community. Thats what we used to do since the dawn of humanity and i'm happy to see it's being kept up.
@Skadi the Beast I'm a little late on that but there's a lot of Faroese songs you can listen to and sing along with, while it shows the lyrics in the video. Look up Ormurin Langi and you'll find a video with lyrics to it.
Please, arent these awesome songs somewhere with something as "pronunciation for amateurs and assholes"?:-D Cuz I would like to learn some, but I am from Czech republic and doesnt know a word in ANY northern language:-D And the lyrics are kinda hard for me to read.
no proto se shánim po výslovnosti:-D občas hele narazíš na písničky v cizích jazycích psaný ve výslovnosti:-D většinou v těch jazycích, který maj pro nás od podstaty nečitelný písmo, pravda, ale tak zeptat se zkusim:-D
Blah, blah, blah yourself. Iceland, Faroe Islands, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Flanders and to some degree the English speaking countries are all Germanic speaking countries. English is at it's roots a Germanic language, but it is heavily influenced by Latin languages like Latin and French, and also to a lesser degree the old Celtic languages. Faroese is a Germanic language, and this is Germanic music, and no, Germanic is not the same as German.
