Note: ar-Riffi: "They are the men who strip the skin (of the animals) with their knives. They are called Hamadcha (members of the Sufi order) They are the tanners… The leaders are found in the middle. If someone wants charity or good health, they come to kiss the hand of the leader of the club…They are the tanners, who make the poufs and the Moroccan babouches (bulagha – traditional slippers) and the wallets, and other things… If they (the dancers) don't dance each year, they fall sick with fever."