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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

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

(Arabic: عيساوة, romanized: ʿĪsāwā) is a religious Islamic mystical brotherhood founded in Meknes, Morocco, by Sheikh al-Kamil Mohamed al-Hadi ben Issa

Morocco, notably by some Black Moroccans, and using music influenced by Gnawa music. It is primarily therapeutic in nature, and either cures people of

Isabel Bayón, Nēnēs, Tartit, La Charanga Habanera, Wimme, Extra Musica, Gnawa 'Lila', Combays, Ismael Rudas & Daniel Celedon, Sawt El Atlas, Africando

2023-03-29. El Amraoui, Ahmed (2015-12-03). "Gnawa music: From slavery to prominence". Retrieved 2023-03-25. Gnawa bands come mainly from the cities of Marrakech

the word can also be used to refer to the wider tariqa (Sufi order or brotherhood) and its membership. The Arabic term zāwiyah (Arabic: زاوية) translates

addition, West African influences can be heard in the popular music of Gnawa. Music of Algeria Music of Morocco Most Somali music is based on the pentatonic

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