Fes III 9/67

September 27, 1967
Fez, Fès-Meknès, Morocco
More recordings from the moussem of Moulay Idriss in Fes. This session comprises mostly religious folk songs and music of Sufi orders (ar. turuq, sing: tariqa). The tradition of celebration and veneration of holy men (ar. auliya') such as Moulay Idriss stems from Sufism, the mystical strand of Islamic belief, and several turuq incorporate music into their ritual practice, including the Hamadcha and 'Aissaouia orders.

La Ilaha Ila Allah (There is No God But God)

Gnawa song (part 1)

Gnawa song (part 2)

Talk/ambience

Devotees of Ouezzane (part 1)

Devotees of Ouezzane (part 2)

Hymn to the Tomb of Moulay Idriss (fragment)

Praise of the Sultans

Prayer at the Tomb

Hamadcha's dance (I)

Ghaita tune

Interview with unidentified man about ghaita tune

Commentary by Alan Lomax on the ceremony / crowd noise

Sufi music of the Aissaouia brotherhood (part 1)

Sufi music of the Aissouia Brotherhood (part 2)

Prayer (fragment)

an-Nar (The Hellfire)

Commentary by Alan Lomax on an-Nar (The Hellfire)

Hamadcha's dance (II) (part 1)

Interview with unidentified man about Hamadcha's dance

Hamadcha's dance (II) (part 2)

Conversation between two girls in Moroccan Arabic

Commentary by Alan Lomax on entrance of royal military band

Royal march

Commentary by Alan Lomax on procession

Instrumental with ghaita and long horns (I)

Commentary by Alan Lomax on scene

Processional by the Tanners' Guild (I)

Allah Daim (God is Eternal)

Processional by the Tanners' Guild (II)

Ya Allah (Gnawa song)

Instrumental with ghaita and long horns (II)

Processional: ghaita and kettle drum instrumental and gnawa song (fragment)

Aissaouia song

Interview with unidentified man about Aissaouia song

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