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  "name": "West Asian Folk Music",
  "description": "Traditional Folk Music of West Asia, a region that covers much of what is commonly known in English as the Middle East (alternatively Southwestern Asia), includes the distinct but interconnected traditions of numerous ethnic groups.",
  "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/west-asian-folk-music/",
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    {
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      "level": "sub-4",
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    {
      "name": "Assyrian Folk Music",
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      "description": "Folk of the Assyrian or Syriac people, who are indigenous to the Upper Mesopotamian region roughly corresponding to ancient Assyria (which includes modern-day northern Iraq, northwestern Iran, northeastern Syria, and southeastern Turkey).",
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      "name": "Assyrian Folk Music",
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    {
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    },
    {
      "name": "Ayyalah",
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      "description": "Traditional Khaliji-Bedouin weapon performance, commonly found across the United Arab Emirates and Northwestern Oman.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "West Asian Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Ayyalah",
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      "description": "Traditional Khaliji-Bedouin weapon performance, commonly found across the United Arab Emirates and Northwestern Oman.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "West Asian Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Ayyalah",
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      "description": "Traditional Khaliji-Bedouin weapon performance, commonly found across the United Arab Emirates and Northwestern Oman.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "West Asian Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Fijiri",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/fijiri/",
      "description": "Deeply rooted in the Persian Gulf pearl diving culture, and sung during weekly gatherings combining solo and choral sections with minimal percussion.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "West Asian Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Fijiri",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/fijiri/",
      "description": "Deeply rooted in the Persian Gulf pearl diving culture, and sung during weekly gatherings combining solo and choral sections with minimal percussion.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "West Asian Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Fijiri",
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      "description": "Deeply rooted in the Persian Gulf pearl diving culture, and sung during weekly gatherings combining solo and choral sections with minimal percussion.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "West Asian Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Israeli Folk Music",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/israeli-folk-music/",
      "description": "Folk of the Jewish settlers of Eretz Yisra'el.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "West Asian Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Israeli Folk Music",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/israeli-folk-music/",
      "description": "Folk of the Jewish settlers of Eretz Yisra'el.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "West Asian Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Israeli Folk Music",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/israeli-folk-music/",
      "description": "Folk of the Jewish settlers of Eretz Yisra'el.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "West Asian Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Luri Folk Music",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/luri-folk-music/",
      "description": "Traditional Folk Music of the Luri people of southwestern Iran.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "West Asian Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Luri Folk Music",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/luri-folk-music/",
      "description": "Traditional Folk Music of the Luri people of southwestern Iran.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "West Asian Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Luri Folk Music",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/luri-folk-music/",
      "description": "Traditional Folk Music of the Luri people of southwestern Iran.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "West Asian Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Meyxana",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/meyxana/",
      "description": "Azerbaijani folk recitative genre.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "West Asian Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Meyxana",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/meyxana/",
      "description": "Azerbaijani folk recitative genre.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "West Asian Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Meyxana",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/meyxana/",
      "description": "Azerbaijani folk recitative genre.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "West Asian Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Persian Folk Music",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/persian-folk-music/",
      "description": "Traditional Folk Music of the Persian people.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "West Asian Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Persian Folk Music",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/persian-folk-music/",
      "description": "Traditional Folk Music of the Persian people.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "West Asian Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Persian Folk Music",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/persian-folk-music/",
      "description": "Traditional Folk Music of the Persian people.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "West Asian Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Turkish Folk Music",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/turkish-folk-music/",
      "description": "Traditional Folk Music of Turkish people combines the distinct cultural heritages and traditions of Anatolian civilisations and former Ottoman territories.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "West Asian Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Turkish Folk Music",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/turkish-folk-music/",
      "description": "Traditional Folk Music of Turkish people combines the distinct cultural heritages and traditions of Anatolian civilisations and former Ottoman territories.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "West Asian Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Turkish Folk Music",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/turkish-folk-music/",
      "description": "Traditional Folk Music of Turkish people combines the distinct cultural heritages and traditions of Anatolian civilisations and former Ottoman territories.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "West Asian Folk Music"
    }
  ]
}