Dance song (part 3) (in praise of Moulay Hassan)

Title: Dance song (part 3) (in praise of Moulay Hassan)
Date recorded: September 1, 1967 to September 30, 1967
Contributor(s): Performer: Unidentified women; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Genre: dance song, song of praise
Instruments: voice
Culture: Amazigh, Moroccan

Subject(s):

Note: The "Moulay Hassan" referred to in this song is most likely the contemporary King Hassan II (1929-1999) of Morocco’s Alouite Dynasty, though he could also be a locally-revered Sufi master or perhaps even Al-Hassan ibn ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib (the Prophet’s grandson), though this is less likely.
Setting: A wedding, indoors

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

Archive ID: T2088R12

Original format: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T2088
Track: 12

Part of: 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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