Dades Valley 9/67

Recordings of a troupe of traveling ahaidou (Central Moroccan shepherd folk) musicians from the High Atlas town of Rich. The tawat (double oboe) player demonstrates various musical commands he uses in his shepherding–different tunes for gathering, driving, or scattering the flock, as well as calls to frighten away wild animals.

Ahaidou song

Shepherd's tune (I)

Interview with unidentified shepherd about his tune

Shepherd's tune (II)

Interview with unidentified shepherd about his ostrich cap

Talk/ambience

Tune for putting the flock into the field

Interview with unidentified shepherd about tune for putting the flock into the field

Tune for sending the sheep to the hills

Interview with unidentified shepherd about tune for sending the sheep to the hills

Drama of the lazy shepherd

Tune for bringing the sheep down from the hills

Interview with the shepherd

Tawat instrumental (fragment)

Conversation (fragment)

Tune for scattering the flock

Interview with unidentified shepherd about tune for scattering the flock

Shepherd's shouts to drive away wolves and foxes

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