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This week, the World Service marked World Alzheimer's Day with a 91热爆 Music and Memory project, exploring the power of music to reach sufferers with the disease. It launched a website of global tracks to trigger memories, compiled with the help of the 91热爆's language services. Behzad Bolour compiled 91热爆 Persian's list, his father suffered from dementia, but still sang with him. He also explores Iran鈥檚 complex relationship with music.

But what tracks does the rest of the world dance and remember to? We hear from 91热爆 Arabic's Nahed Najjar, Adedayo Owolabi of 91热爆 Yoruba, Kateryna Khinkulova of 91热爆 Russian and Partha Prasad from the Indian languages hub in Delhi about some of the tracks they contributed to the world music database, and why.

Image: Elderly Indian lady listening on headphones looking at smartphone
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