OM 01 ❂ Send your entry

[Orient Matsuri]

Send your entry via PM to Orient Matsuri in the following form:

Country:
Artist - Song:
Video link:

Back up entry: (optional)

DEADLINE
1ST JUNE
18:00 CET

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CONFIRMED ENTRIES 32/32



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[Grinch]

CONFIRMED ENTRIES 5/32

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Does that mean Iran is not confirmed? Do I need to send another entry? WHAT'S GOING ON PEOPLE?
Seriously tho, why are only 5 entries confirmed?​

 

[Journalist]

Strange to me too

 

[Orient Matsuri]

The first post has been updated. As of now, there are four countries pending approval ( ) due to artist eligibility. We are still discussing about it, but you should have your confirmation or request for entry change by the end of the day.

Apologies for the wait.

 

[Orient Matsuri]

Do not forget that you can reserve an entry during confirmation period! @pras @Romeo @Karhu @CypriotGirl @chontono

 

[hawadharma]

Y'all please send authentic artists which legit represent the countries okay
If you find difficulty to find an eligible artist within your chosen country, maybe you need to change country

Just saying

 

[Gera11]

So, did you reach a decision yet? Time is running out.

Y'all please send authentic artists which legit represent the countries okay
If you find difficulty to find an eligible artist within your chosen country, maybe you need to change country

Just saying

Afghanistan has banned women from playing music or appearing in public with their faces visible, when the Talibans were in power, from 1996 to 2001 and they are facing discrimination even today.

Last year, Zahra Elham became the first woman to win the vote-in singing competition Afghan Star in the 14 years.

“Everyone was taunting me on the way,” said Elham, who hails from the Hazara ethnic minority that has long suffered discrimination in Afghanistan. “There were comments about ethnicity since, in our tribe, it is not desired for a girl to become a singer. Now my fear has increased.”

So you can see how Afghan female performers had to practically flee the country in order to continue their musical career and be alive. Not to mention there was a civil-war and many had to flee the country anyway.

I think exiled diaspora should count just as much as people still currently living in the country, especially in war torn countries like this one. As long as it's not western pop, I don't see the problem frankly. But the moderators have taken an issue with it and I'm still patiently awaiting their decision.

 

[Amir]

Y'all please send authentic artists which legit represent the countries okay
If you find difficulty to find an eligible artist within your chosen country, maybe you need to change country

Just saying

easy to say for someone who has his home country in this contest xD

though I agree with you

 

[Amir]

So, did you reach a decision yet? Time is running out.



Afghanistan has banned women from playing music or appearing in public with their faces visible, when the Talibans were in power, from 1996 to 2001 and they are facing discrimination even today.

Last year, Zahra Elham became the first woman to win the vote-in singing competition Afghan Star in the 14 years.

“Everyone was taunting me on the way,” said Elham, who hails from the Hazara ethnic minority that has long suffered discrimination in Afghanistan. “There were comments about ethnicity since, in our tribe, it is not desired for a girl to become a singer. Now my fear has increased.”

So you can see how Afghan female performers had to practically flee the country in order to continue their musical career and be alive. Not to mention there was a civil-war and many had to flee the country anyway.

I think exiled diaspora should count just as much as people still currently living in the country, especially in war torn countries like this one. As long as it's not western pop, I don't see the problem frankly. But the moderators have taken an issue with it and I'm still patiently awaiting their decision.

Well, the situation was/is similar in Iran.
I don't know about Afghanistan but I can tell that Iran has an overwhelming underground music scene,
with many female singers like Justina that are actually very famous in this scene.
And it's no witchcraft to get into this scene since there are plenty of music videos on YouTube
So I can tell that there won't be any need to send for example Arash or Mahan Moin to this contest (though I'm not sure if they would be accepted in the first place)

edit: also I think exiled singers, should really mean exiled singers.
Again I stick to an Iranian example: Googoosh was a singer in Iran and fled because she could no longer go on with her singing career in Iran, but if children flee with thei families and become singers in their new home then I wouldn't really call them exiled singers

edit2: but I think in the end it also depends on what kind of music they make and where they are having success

 

[Gera11]

So I can tell that there won't be any need to send for example Arash or Mahan Moin to this contest (though I'm not sure if they would be accepted in the first place)

Afghanistan doesn't have big contest names like that, but instead it has singers who perform mostly traditional Afghan music, whose entire musical career might be invalidated in this contest because they had the misfortune to be born in a country suffering from a civil-war and their parents made the decision to flee the country. I literally cannot find a female Afghan artist who hasn't moved to some other country.

edit2: but I think in the end it also depends on what kind of music they make and where they are having success

Indeed.

 

[Leydan]

How is it even an issue though? Its a discriminatory law brought in by extreme islamist nutcases, that literally bans 50% of the population from having any form of a music career unless they leave their home. Its a non starter that any idea like that should be repeated in a game like this or even on this forum. Allow foreign female artists (and some cases men also) from these countries that aren't singing in a western style. Even more so with the example Amir has given for Iran.

 

[hawadharma]

easy to say for someone who has his home country in this contest xD

though I agree with you

I was afraid that I offended anybody with my statement I apologise if I did
Yes, having my home country in this contest is my best option since I don't want to misrepresent other countries' music scene
(occasional spin-offs are exception in this case)

Anyway, I do respect anyone who is brave and willing to take up another country in the contest

Good luck all!

 

[DaFlo]

Afghanistan is confirmed. We just like to ask all mods about their opinion, that's why it wasn't confirmed immediately.

Everyone was fine with it. ^^ @Gera11

 

[Ana Raquel]

Don't worry. As long as their music is successful on a country within the broadcasting area, they should be fine. That way, artists in Diaspora should be allowed and we prevent the likes of Baby K.

Also, it would be best to avoid featurings with people unrelated to the broadcasting area. This way, it's less likely your entry is gonna be accepted.

 

[JSSArcos]

sent a hot bop !!!

To debut the most bop entry I have ever sent to a forum contest, a bop that I loved and got addicted

little tip: &

 

[RainyWoods]

is in!

Much fun I had this afternoon trying to connect to the internet for about four hours to send in my song. Much fun I also had researching what to send as my first entry. I managed to find actual Thai garage rock with that surfy kind of vibe I just adore. The song I picked is an ear worm and very on-brand.

 

[Orient Matsuri]

CONFIRMED ENTRIES 32/32






Everyone is in. Draw so so soon.
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