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Ahouach
Aḥwash (Tifinagh, Neo-Tifinagh: , International Phonetic Alphabet, IPA /æħwæʃ/, also Romanization, Romanized as or ) is a Shilha people, Shilha style of collective performance, including dance, singing, poetry and percussion, from southern Morocco. The ''ahwash'' is performed on the occasion of local festivals as a celebration of the community. Description The ahwash is usually performed by two large groups of people, typically men and women on opposite sides, who alternate their performances of song, dance, poetry, and drumming on frame drums. The ahwash is rarely performed outside of individual villages, because of the difficulty of transporting the large number of participants (often more than twenty, and sometimes 150 or more). As a result, the ahwash has developed somewhat independently among different villages, and the details of the performances differ. Etymology * Ahwach is one of the Amazigh arts of singing and collective performance dance in Morocco. * The wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Haratin
The Haratin (, singular ''Ḥarṭānī''), also spelled Haratine or Harratin, are an ethnic group found in western Sahel and southwestern Maghreb. The Haratin are mostly found in modern Mauritania (where they form a plurality), Morocco, Western Sahara, Senegal, and Algeria. In Tunisia and Libya, they are referred to as Shwashin (''Chouachin'', ''Chouachine''; singular: ''Shwashin'', ''Chouchan''). The Haratin speak Maghrebi Arabic dialects and Berber languages. They are believed to largely descend from native black populations that inhabited the Sahara. They form the single largest defined ethnolinguistic group in Mauritania where they account for 40% of the population (~1.5 million). In parts of Arab-Berber Maghreb, they are sometimes referred to as a "socially distinct class of workers". The Haratin have been, and still commonly are socially isolated in some Maghrebi countries, living in segregated, Haratin-only ghettos. They are commonly perceived as an endogamous group of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Berber Music
Berber music refers to the musical traditions of the Berbers, a diverse grouping of distinct ethnic groups indigenous to North Africa who predate the arrival of Arabs in the Arab migration to the Maghreb. Their main connections are identified by their usage of the mostly mutually unintelligible Berber languages. Berber music varies widely across North Africa. It is stylistically diverse, with songs being predominantly African rhythms and a stock of oral literature. Ancient Berber music is stylistically diverse, with styles including pentatonic music, such instruments as the oboe and the bagpipes, and African rhythms along with singing. These ancient musical traditions have been kept alive by small bands of musicians traveling from village to village, entertaining at weddings and other social events with their songs, tales and poetry. Most Berber music is of the village-folk and urban-folk musical variety. Berber music and culture is influenced by—in addition to aesthetics and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Islamic Music
Islamic music may refer to religious music, as performed in Islamic public services or private devotions, or more generally to musical traditions of the Muslim world. The heartland of Islam is the Middle East, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, Balkans, and West Africa, Iran, Central Asia, and South Asia. Due to Islam being a multi-ethnic religion, the musical expression of its adherents is vastly diverse. Indigenous traditions of various part have influenced the musical styles popular among Muslims today. The word "music" in Arabic, the language of Islam, (''mūsīqā'' ) is defined more narrowly than in English or some other languages, and "its concept" was at least originally "reserved for secular art music; separate names and concepts belonged to folk songs and to religious chants". At least one scholar (Jacob M. Landau) makes the generalization about Islamic music that it "is characterized by a highly subtle organization of melody and rhythm", that "the vocal component predo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kalaat M'Gouna
Kelâat M'Gouna () or Tighremt NImgunen () is a city in Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco. According to the 2019 census it has a population of 38,140. This town constitutes an economic and social center for the region, for its very animated nature. Kelâat M'Gouna is most known for the "Roses Festival" which takes place in the city every year in May. The City Some of the neighbourhoods in Kelâat M'Gouna are Ait Aissi, R'kon, El'Kelâa El Qadima, Zawiyt n'Aguerd, Ait Baâmrane, Hay Annahda, Ait Boubker, Mirna, Ait Yahya, Taltnamart, and the center's districts. Many Douars surround the city but are not part of the municipality. These villages include Aït Sidi Boubker, Ifri, Zawiyt Elbir, Amdnagh, Sarghin, Timskelt, Ait Boukidour Tazzakht, and Tawrirt and Tasswit. In this city, there are two major days of souk (market): Tuesday, only for livestock trade, and Wednesday for food and other goods. The main high schools Al Woroud (Roses), which derives its name from the rose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ait Baamrane
An ait (, like ''eight'') or eyot () is a small island. It is especially used to refer to river islands found on the River Thames and its tributaries in England. Aits are typically formed by the deposit of sediment in the water, which accumulates. An ait is characteristically long and narrow, and may become a permanent island should it become secured and protected by growing vegetation. However, aits may also be eroded: the resulting sediment is deposited further downstream and could result in another ait. A channel with numerous aits is called a braided channel. Etymology The word derives from Old English ''iggath'' (or ''igeth''); the root of the word, ''ieg'', meaning island, with a diminutive suffix. References in literature Although not common in 21st-century English, "ait" or "eyot" appears in J. R. R. Tolkien's ''The Lord of the Rings'', Charles Dickens's ''Bleak House'', and Thackeray's '' Vanity Fair''. Joyce Cary used "eyot" in ''The Horse's Mouth'' – "Sun was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Agdz
Agdz, also spelled Agdez (, ) is a Morocco, Moroccan town in the Drâa-Tafilalet region, in the Atlas Mountains with a population of about 10,000. It is located at around . Agdz lies at the feet of Djebel Kissane and along the shores of the Draa River. Geography Agdz is located about 65 kilometers south of Ouarzazate, 92 kilometers north of Zagora, Morocco, Zagora. Agdz, which means "resting place," is located along the old Camel train, caravan route linking Marrakech to Timbuktu, and played an important role in the exchange of goods across the Sahara. In geographic terms, the most predominant feature of Agdz is Jebel Kissane which is in the middle of the Draa Valley to the east of Agdz. Kissane means Tea culture#Morocco, "glasses" in Arabic language, Arabic and the jebel is so named because it looks like glasses of tea behind a tea pot. History The years of 1970 and 1980 were hard on the agricultural sector due to droughts. Features File:Agdz Dar Chebab.jpg, Dar Chebab Mohame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tiznit
Tiznit or Tiznet (, ) is a town in the west coast of the Moroccan region of Souss-Massa, founded in 1881 by Alawi Sultan Hassan I. It is the capital of Tiznit Province and recorded a population of 74,699 in the 2014 Moroccan census. International relations Twin towns – Sister cities Tiznit is twinned with: * Somerville, Massachusetts Somerville ( ) is a city located directly to the northwest of Boston, and north of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Cambridge, in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the city had a total population of 81, ..., United States (2010) * Saint-Denis, France References External links English versionoLe Portail de la ville de Tiznitentry in the Encyclopedia of the Orient {{Tiznit Province Populated places established in 1881 Populated places in Tiznit Province Municipalities of Morocco Tiznit 1881 establishments in Africa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mirleft
Mirleft (; ) is a small town and List of municipalities, communes, and arrondissements of Morocco, rural commune in Sidi Ifni Province of the Guelmim-Oued Noun region of Morocco. At the time of the 2004 Moroccan census, 2004 census, the commune had a total population of 7026 people living in 1303 households. Description Mirleft is perched on top of the gigantic ocher-colored cliffs bordering the ocean. The view of the Atlantic coast is magnificent, especially from Fort Tidli. Built in 1935, this now abandoned military fort dominates the ocean as well as the traditional town where you can find various and varied local products: argan oil, Moroccan pottery, slippers, etc. But Mirleft is above all renowned for being an excellent spot for water sports (Surfing, surf,Bodyboarding, bodyboard.. )thanks to its wind and regular rolls offering the ideal conditions for surfing, windsurfing and kitesurfing. The waters of Mirleft are also known to be rich in variety and quantity of fish. Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tafraout
Tafraout, also Tafraoute (, ) is a town in Tiznit Province, Souss-Massa region, Morocco. Situated in the central part of the Anti-Atlas mountains, a mountain range in Morocco which is part of the Atlas Mountains in the northwest of Africa, the town has a population of 4,931 at the 2004 census. Name and etymology The basic meaning of the Shilha feminine noun ''tafrawt'' is "basin or cistern in which water drawn from a well is poured", with a derived meaning "valley". The centre of the town of Tafraout is actually situated in a small valley, at the foot of Djebel Lekest, a pink granite mountain formed by erosion. A male inhabitant is called in Shilha "''u Tfrawt''", (plural "''ayt Tfrawt''"); a female inhabitant is "''ult Tfrawt''", (plural "''ist Tfrawt''").''Tfrawt'' is the annexed state of the noun ''Tafrawt''; see the article Shilha language, section Prefixed nouns. The area is surrounded by mountains and olive and almond groves, as well as argan and fig trees. Notable Peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Aoulouz
Aoulouz or Aoullouz (in ) is a rural commune and small town in Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region, Morocco Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc .... According to the 2004 census it has a population of 5,756. References Populated places in Taroudannt Province Rural communes of Souss-Massa {{SoussMassa-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Assa, Morocco
Assa () is a small town in southern Morocco, in the Assa-Zag province of the Guelmim-Oued Noun region, about south-east of Guelmim and about south-west of Foum Zguid. It lies in a desert area north of the Jbel Ouarkziz and is part of the Sahrawi-inhabited southern region of Morocco. The Draa River :''Dra is also the abbreviation for the constellation Draco.'' The Draa (, ; also spelled Dra or Drâa, in older sources mostly Darha or Dara, ) is Morocco's longest river, at . It is formed by the confluence of the Dadès River and Imini Ri ... lies to its south, and the N12 highway crosses the town. In the 2012 census Assa had a population of 18,367, the largest in its province and sixth largest in the region. ImageSize = width:220 height:220 PlotArea = left:70 right:40 top:20 bottom:20 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify Colors = id:gray1 value:gray(0.9) DateFormat = yyyy Period = from:0 till:19001 ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:2500 star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
