Marie Gicquel 11:14 a.m., September 27, 2022
In Iran, demonstrations have multiplied since the death of Mahsa Amini, arrested in mid-September and killed in Tehran for "inappropriate wearing of clothes".
Several dozen people were killed.
The revolt now has its anthem, the Italian anti-fascist song, "Bella Ciao".
No need to speak Farsi, the language of Iran, to understand that this version of
Bella Ciao
sounds like a farewell and a tribute to Mahsa Amini.
This video of a young Iranian woman with her hair down has been shared tens of thousands of times on social networks, despite the latter being banned or banned in Iran.
بلاو ، به ایتالیایی یعنی خداحافظ ای ییبا ... که پارتیان ها و مخالفان فاشیسم در ایتالیا میخواندند.
این آهنگ به نماد مبارزات آادیخواهان تبدیل شده و اینبار دختر قشنگی از ما ...#مهسا_امینی#opiranpic.twitter.com/cyudppvzqp
— Gandom (@Gandom_Sa007) September 23, 2022
Stéphane Hirschi, professor of letters at the University of Valenciennes, is a specialist in cantology, the science that studies songs: "Song allows you to crystallize in a few words and in a few notes, a collective emotion", he explains. at the microphone of Europe 1.
A gentle resistance
Here it is sung by other young Iranian women on the networks, broadcast in demonstrations of support, like here in Berlin.
#Berlin right now, for #IranProtests and #MashaAmini
As an italian I'm proud to lend #BellaCiao to the free people of Iran.
pic.twitter.com/es20GCCiGA
— Blinda!
(@Blinda000) September 24, 2022
"Through song you can fight against all censorship, a song you can sing to your neighbour, in a group, the song embodies a gentle resistance. No totalitarian regime has succeeded in blocking a song. People who have been victims of repression for the songs, it is because they had written or published it. We cannot prevent people from singing except to cut off their tongues at all, "continues Stéphane Hirschi.
But
Bella Ciao
also resonates in Italy, in the ranks of the opposition to Giorgia Meloni, winner of the legislative elections and new face of the Italian far right.