Encyclopedia > Music of Morocco

Article Content

Music of Morocco

Morocco includes forms of music descended from Arabs, Spaniards and West Africans, along with imported pop music.

Gnawa[?] - descended from slaves brought from Mali in the 16th century, gnawa includings hand clapping[?] and sintir[?] or gimbri[?] (string instruments); it is often played at healing ceremonies

All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!

Featured Article

David McReynolds

... McReynolds ran for Congress (California) twice and for President twice. In 1958 he ran as a write-in SPA candidate and than in 1968 as a Peace And Freedom Party ...