Berber music refers to the musical traditions of the Berbers, a diverse grouping of distinct ethnic groups indigenous to North Africa who predate the arrival...
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question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Tifinagh letters. Berbers, or the Berber peoples, also called by their endonym Amazigh or Imazighen, are...
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Moroccan music varies greatly between geographic regions and social groups. It is influenced by musical styles including Arab, Berber, Andalusi, Mediterranean...
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Gharnati music, Ma'luf, as well as classical Arabic, Bedouin, Berber music (Staifi, Raï, Kabyle, Shawi, Tuareg, Gnawa, etc.), Andalusian music is particularly...
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Anita Berber (10 June 1899 – 10 November 1928) was a German dancer, actress, and writer who was the subject of an Otto Dix painting. She lived during the...
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Culture of Morocco (section Berber languages)
The culture of Morocco is a blend of Arab, Berber, Andalusi cultures, with Mediterranean, Hebraic and African influences. It represents and is shaped by...
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Ethnic groups in Algeria (section Berbers)
Algeria include Arabs and Berbers, who represent 99% of the population, of which 75–85% are Arab and about 15–25% are Berber. Algeria also has a minority...
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Tinariwen (category Berber music)
guitar style has its roots in West African music and other traditional styles practiced by the Tuareg and Berber peoples, and has often been characterized...
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Chaoui people (redirect from Chaoui Berber)
The Chaoui people or Shawyia (Arabic: الشاوية, Tachawit: Išawiyen) are a Berber ethnic group native to the Aurès region in northeastern Algeria. They call...
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Desert blues (redirect from Saharan rock music)
is a style of music from the Sahara region of northern and west Africa. Critics describe the music as a fusion of blues and rock music with Tuareg, Malian...
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Aurès in southern Algeria. Chaoui is the French or Berber spelling of the Shawiya language. The music is sometimes called Shawiya style in English, but...
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Berber Americans, American Berbers, or Amazigh Americans, are Americans of Berber (or Amazigh) descent. Although a part of the population of the Maghreb...
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canto Bell chord Bell pattern Bell tone Belting (music) Berber music Berceuse Bergamask Beste (Turkish music) Beta scale Bicinium Bimodality Binary form Beneventan...
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violins, drums, sitars and flutes. Modern malouf has some elements of Berber music in the rhythms, but is seen as a successor to the cultural heights reached...
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said to mimic the feet of a walking camel. During the 2011 revolution, the Berber singer Dania Ben Sassi went viral with her songs praising the sacrifices...
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Berber Jews are the Jewish communities of the Maghreb, in North Africa, who historically spoke Berber languages. Between 1950 and 1970 most emigrated...
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Moroccans (redirect from Berber-Marrocan)
Morocco. The country's population is predominantly composed of Arabs and Berbers (Amazigh). The term also applies more broadly to any people who share a...
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The Master Musicians of Joujouka (category Berber music)
trance musicians, serving as a modern representation of a centuries-old music tradition. The collective was first documented by Western journalists in...
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Languages of Algeria (section Berber)
Algeria are Arabic and Berber, as specified in its constitution since 1963 for the former and since 2016 for the latter. Berber has been recognized as...
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Heinrich Felix Berber (11 March 1871 – 2 November 1930) was a German violinist. Born in Jena, Berber was the youngest child of music and art-loving parents...
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amores libres, included more fusions with flamenco, Celtic music (especially Breton) and Berber music. The album received a Latin Grammy nomination for Best...
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Zindalii (category Music of Algeria)
type of folk music from the city of Constantine. As a type of music, recordings of zindalii are very rare [1]. Music of Algeria Arab music v t e v t e...
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from November 22 to 25, 2023. African popular music Arabic popular music Berber music "Visa for Music: concerts, conférences et expositions au programme...
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List of Moroccan people (category Lists of Berber people)
Ibn battuta, famous explorer Tariq ibn Ziyad, famous Berber warrior Yusuf ibn Tashfin, famous Berber warrior and leader Estevanico, famous explorer Ahmad...
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Chaabi (Algeria) (category Berber music)
in a country where raï rules. A typical song features mournful, Arabic/Berber vocals, set against an orchestral backdrop of a dozen musicians, with violins...
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Central Atlas Tamazight (redirect from Central Atlas Berber)
is a Berber language of the Afroasiatic language family spoken by 3.1 million speakers. Central Atlas Tamazight is one of the most-spoken Berber languages...
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Pentatonic scale (section In classical music)
Berber music West African music African-American spirituals Gospel music Bluegrass music American folk music Music of Ethiopia Jazz Blues Rock music Sami...
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Izenzaren (category Berber music)
Izenzaren (Berber languages: ⵉⵥⵏⵥⴰⵕⵏ; Romanized: Izenẓaren) is a Moroccan musical group playing music It was formed in 1972 in Agadir, in the Sous region...
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Ahidus (category Berber music)
Ahidus (Berber languages: ⴰⵃⵉⴷⵓⵙ), also sometimes called ahidous, haidous, tahidoust or hidoussi, is a Berber style of collective performance in Morocco...
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