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Gnawa (/ɡ(ə)ˈnɑːwə/) (or Gnaoua, Ghanawa, Ghanawi, Gnawi'; Arabic: ڭناوة) are an
ethnic group inhabiting Morocco, that had been
brought as slaves...
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Gnawa music (Ar. ڭْناوة or كْناوة) is a body of
Moroccan religious songs and rhythms.
Emerging in the 16th and 17th centuries,
Gnawa music developed through...
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Gnawa Diffusion is an
Algerian Gnawa music band
based in Grenoble, France. The group's lead singer,
Amazigh (literally
meaning 'Free Man' in Tamazight)...
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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...
- 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...
- 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...
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reggada is ****ociated with the Beni-Zn****en
region ( Oujda, Berkane..),
gnawa with
Essaouira and Marrakesh,
ahidus with the
Middle Atlas,
ahwash with...
- 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...
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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...
- language, is a
three stringed skin-covered b****
plucked lute used by the
Gnawa people of Morocco. It is
approximately the size of a guitar, with a body...
