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In countries Amazigh songs and dances are perpetuatedTravel is also going to explore the musical traditions of our host country. Agadir and its region will not fail to enchant you with these songs and the dances are always a time of celebration and sharing. In Agadir and its region traditions of ancestral songs and dances are still very much alive. Often, family occasions or community, the youth of the village gather to begin the songs or dances of their ancestors. AhouachSIf there is one dance rhythm of life Souss Berber is well Ahouach. More than just a dance it mark, with his seal, the expression of a secular culture.The Ahouach will take you far beyond dance and fascinated, you'll experience the highlights of the community through the many elaborately staged sometimes recalling the harvest, sometimes the change of season ... ... Marking as family events, the Ahouach in Agadir will be performed by men dressed all in white, dancing shoulder against shoulder, the sound of the flute (al uwad) and drums (Allun).
. The Rwaïs, poets, singers
To practice a little more the land of dreams, there are also poets, singers called the Rwaïs. Very popular and respected, these Rwaïs (in the singular means rais or head teacher) will enchant you with their poems narrated by the sound of the old monotone (Rribab), itself accompanied by the lute (or lewthar Iguenbri), drums and naqous ( cast iron circle that are struck using metal rods. Women occur Raïssates popular as Tabbamrant, Damsirya, Tahihite, Tachinouite ....
Gnawa
They are essential and you will not miss to admire, it is Gnaouas, that free minds. Descendants of people from Black Africa, they are here, as in the rest of Morocco, the religious brotherhoods. Arabic speakers in the imperial cities, they are mainly Berber in Agadir and its region. Coming together around certain shrines, including that of Sidi Boujmaa Agnaou in Agadir Oufella they celebrate the rhythms of drums and cymbals, rites in which invocations mingle, dance and trance. These traditional celebrations also take place in the hinterland during "moussems" and events related to agricultural cycles.
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