Translation of Arala Bouyya

Audio file
Date recorded: September 28, 1967
Contributor(s): Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: ar-Riffi, Abdellatif; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Culture: Moroccan, Riffians
Instruments: voice
Setting: The home of Abdellatif ar-Riffi
Location: Fez, Fès-Meknès, Morocco
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T3001
Track Number: 24
Archive ID: T3001R24
Note: Abdellatif ar-Riffi translates his song: "Oh, Father, bring us some calmness for the baby, to send him calming dreams so that he will go to sleep quickly."
Belongs to: Fes IV 9/67
About the session: Folk hymns and lullabies sung by Abdellatif ar-Riffi, an 18 year old student in Fes, originally from a mixed Arab-Amazigh family from the Rif, near Nador. He sings both in Moroccan Arabic and in Tarifit, the Amazigh language of the Rif Mountains. Riffi is an 18-year-old engineering student who lives precariously in the medina, from region de Nadore.
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