Öykü Dilara Keskin/JINHA

ISTANBUL – AlaMor blends social struggle and women’s resistance. Members of the group state that they make their music for existence by touching women’s lives.

Musical group ‘AlaMor’ that combines the women’s struggle with the music, was founded in 2013 in Yüz Çiçek Açsın Kültür Merkezi (Let’s Hundred Flowers Bloom Cultural Center) by Dersim women. AlaMor, which becomes a new lease of life for worker, laborer and revolutionist women, combines the women’s struggle with social resistance. Nilüfer Akta of AlaMor said that the group takes its name from colors of women’s freedom struggle and social struggle.

Nilüfer stated that one of the group’s foundation purposes is to raise the awareness of women in the art. Nilüfer said, “Our first goal is to make women heard. Women say to us they are excited when they listen to our music. In this sense, our existence is a part of the equality. AlaMor founded by seven women. The goal creates o women’s solidarity. One year later, we founded a women’s rhythm workshop. Many women need that. Meanwhile, this was a political work.

‘Sexism can be in anthems’

Nilifer said there is sexism in some of anthems, “There are sexism words in anthem of “Beyaz Gelinlik” (White Wedding Dress). The country is seen as a woman, it is also like that in conditions of a war. We understand from these words; all revolutionaries are men. That’s only an example. We discuss he words in these anthems.”

‘The first thing we fight is our perception’

Another group member Gülçin Özer said, “The art performed by people who struggle, often compromises on the artistic aesthetic. The most important thing for us is perform our music in an area without men. The first thing we fight is our perception. The value of production is the value of the struggle for existence. For years, when we talk about the art, bourgeois class occurs in our mind. We want to release the art in all women through music. We want to share what we find out in the music.”

Photo by: Duygu Ciniviz

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