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A Gnawa man
The Gnawa (/ɡ(ə)ˈnɑːwə/) (or Gnaoua, Ghanawa, Ghanawi, Gnawi'; Arabic: ڭناوة) are an ethnic group inhabiting Morocco, that had been brought as slaves from the West African Sahel.
The name Gnawa probably originated in the indigenous language of North Africa and the Sahara Desert. The phonology of this term according to the grammatical principles of Berber is agnaw (singular) and ignawen (plural), which means "black person."
Gnawa music was inscribed in 2019 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.[1]
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The Gnawa (/ɡ(ə)ˈnɑːwə/) (or Gnaoua, Ghanawa, Ghanawi, Gnawi'; Arabic: ڭناوة) are an ethnic group inhabiting Morocco, that had been brought as slaves...
Gnawa music (Ar. ڭْناوة or كْناوة) is a body of Moroccan religious songs and rhythms. Its well-preserved heritage combines ritual poetry with traditional...
Gnawa Diffusion is an Algerian Gnawa music band based in Grenoble, France. The group's lead singer, Amazigh (literally meaning 'Free Man' in Tamazight)...
who specializes in the Gnawa style. Hakmoun was born to a family of musicians who introduced him to the musical world of the Gnawa. By age four, he performed...
The Gnaoua World Music Festival is a festival for mainly Gnawa music artists, held annually in Essaouira, Morocco. It was founded in 1998 by Moroccan...
Dar Gnawa is a historic home and cultural site in the old city of Tangier dedicated to the musical traditions of Gnawa. It is the home of artist M’alem...
reggada is associated with the Beni-Znassen region ( Oujda, Berkane..), gnawa with Essaouira and Marrakesh, ahidus with the Middle Atlas, ahwash with...
needed] In contrast to Nass El Ghiwane, who were primarily influenced by Gnawa music, Jil Jilala took their inspiration from other forms of traditional...
plays guitar, bass and guimbri, a three-stringed bass in the band Bayefall Gnawa. Nuru's debut CD, Sigil, which was released in the UK on March 14, 2006...
Kasbah Gnawa (Arabic: قصبة ڭناوة), also referred to as: Kasbah of Gnaouas or Ismailian Kasbah is a kasbah located in the city of Salé in Morocco, and...
1998)[citation needed] is a Moroccan gnawa singer and musician. She is known to be Morocco's first female gnawa musician, a genre that is traditionally...
Music and Dance in Rabat. Later, he was initiated into the tradition of Gnawa music by maâlem (master musician) Ba Houmane, and the guembri, a bass lute...
castanet-like musical instrument primarily used as the rhythmic aspect of Gnawa music. Gnawa today is part of the North African culture and is inherent in the...
language, is a three stringed skin-covered bass plucked lute used by the Gnawa people. It is approximately the size of a guitar, with a body carved from...
specialized in the modern Gnawa music. Aziz Sahmaoui was born in 1962 in Marrakesh and grew up in the red city. He started listening to Gnawa music since his young...
also spelled Gania, Guinea or Khania; 1951 – 2 August 2015) was a Moroccan Gnawa musician, singer and guembri player, who was traditionally regarded as a...
Tower Kasbah of the Udayas Mausoleum of Mohammed V Mohammed VI Bridge Rabat Zoo Salé Bab el-Mrissa Kasbah Gnawa Madrasa of Abu al-Hasan Zawiya en-Noussak...
complete. He lived in Morocco for about 7½ months while studying and recording Gnawa music. While abroad, he traveled to Egypt, Israel, Turkey, Jordan, and Syria...
Berbers. A sizeable portion of the population is identified as Haratin and Gnawa (or Gnaoua), West African or mixed-race descendants of slaves, and Moriscos...
Bedouin. A small minority of the population is identified as Haratin and Gnawa, These are sedentary agriculturalists of non-Arab and non-Berber origin...
the southern gateway to the Sahara.[citation needed] Merzouga "Khamlia Gnawa - A Little Desert Village with a Big Story". So Morocco. 2018-05-29. Retrieved...
The Trance of Seven Colors is an album by Gnawa musician Maleem Mahmoud Ghania released by Axiom and Island Records in 1994. The music, which was recorded...
Morocco, notably by some Black Moroccans, and using music influenced by Gnawa music. It is primarily therapeutic in nature, and either cures people of...
traditionally associated to the Gnawa), some Jilala also use the krakebs, the typical large iron castanets of the Gnawa. Originally only a voice of sacred...
Maghrebi Arabic Berber languages Religion Sunni Islam Related ethnic groups Gnawa, other Afro-Arabs, Beidane, Sahrawis, other Maghrebi Arabs, other Arab,...
classical instruments such as the ney (a reed flute). The West African gnawa is another form, and Sufis from Indonesia to Afghanistan to Morocco have...
Tower Kasbah of the Udayas Mausoleum of Mohammed V Mohammed VI Bridge Rabat Zoo Salé Bab el-Mrissa Kasbah Gnawa Madrasa of Abu al-Hasan Zawiya en-Noussak...
at the Festival of Gnawa music in Essaouira, Morocco playing to a crowd of 60,000 people and collaborating with traditional Gnawa musicians.[citation...
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