Dance song (part 1)

Title: Dance song (part 1)
Date recorded: September 1, 1967 to September 30, 1967
Contributor(s): Performer: Unidentified women; Recordist: Lomax, Alan

Subject(s):

Genre: dance song

Culture: Amazigh, Moroccan

Instruments: naqus, voice

Setting: A wedding, indoors

Location: Aguelmouss, Ouarzazate, Souss-Massa-Drâa, Morocco

Physical form: Reel to Reel

Tape number: T2088

Track Number: 10

Archive ID: T2088R10

Note: Series of songs by women.

Belongs to: Aguelmouss II 9/67

About the session: A series of songs by a group of women in the Amazigh / Berber village of Aguelmouss in Ouarzazate Province. These dance songs feature rhythmic accompaniment on the naqus, a percussion instrument which consists of a brass tray which is beaten with iron rods.

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