Al Mahala

Do not allocated to the call for the name of Jane or a king or highlighted or show, but it is smooth and prepares all the requirements of the boot (incense and singing) (usher in place), where the ritual speech centered on the holy name of God and the names of close friends of the righteous. Gives Alahjhoj night Gnaoua system, as reflected in the form of weather full primary mission convert the number to the rhythm, and rhythm to color and color to the king and the king to name and the name to the body and the body to write a dancer (lured). Like all usher the sanctity lead light night Gnaoua and protection functions for those who enter world Aljzbh in stores next. Mediates the "Introduction" or (Altalaah) spacious sitting and is clad in white markers so that Aljzbh will be lured white owners (locality Albweid) on the one hand, the other hand on the color that is consistent with the sanctity of light is white. With lured "touch" or "ownership" attend the locality "Alkouhl" (owners of black color) effectively. We say virtually because its presence starts inside "Fatih spacious". Within the latter are calling on "Bilal", the symbol of this larger camp or to move the symbol of religious shrine. Lalla auspicious, Gmami, hello, Mr. Memon of the most important kings lured Alkouhl the even though they are not the only kings. And co-Sidi Mimoun Coffee auspicious in being the two objects mixed. After stage of "Alkouhl" (or four servants), spacious preparing to welcome the locality distinctive blue color of the sky and the color sea (Asamoyun and the Commodores). Then the locality Rouge (boys Balhamer) or (owners Alkrna), where it is calling on the Red Kings such as Sir fierceness and Hamouda. Red color is the color of ritual violence, so associated with attending publish and liquefaction of the blood of the sacrifice both sacrificial been (sacrificial gifts) or (sacrificial blood actors), combined with Red Kings Erna (Dbh place of sacrifice) to qualify her degree that they (Malkin Alkrna) owners. Spacious and turn to Karna symbolic of Valjzb is a dagger or quantity (knife). After the camp of "reds" continues to go down into the night Gnaoua the drawers Shops and colors and the kings of vegetables (the owners of green), and glaucoma Asamoyun then "Men of the jungle" They are class within the locality of the color black to settle the fate of get off at the locality of kings female or "Yalat" or "Girls" deals Petrba of yellow color on the throne. With the emergence of daylight Morning settle "Aldrdabh", within the locality of Lalla Mira (yellow), and under the shadow prohibits kings Onthwaian many such (Lalla Malika) known painted Alqouka (violet) and (Lalla paper) in red, and (Lalla Aisha) black and (Lalla Mariam / chemises) and Coffee Fatima

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Ritual the concert

Of the highlights of the ceremony ritual "Gnaoua night" beginning with "habit" which is tantamount to a declaration in the initiation of a night. Where cruising through Gnawa, in the afternoon, various alleys and streets and squares apostates "caps" and "Fokiet" different colors decorated with shells, dancing to the rhythms of drumbeats and "Alqracb" to solve the "Alkoiyo" (boys Bambara), which means in practice al gnawi start in the official ceremony for the night Gnaoua, where dispensed with where the drum machine to compensate for the "Alkenbera or Alahjhoj," to initiate "teacher" who must be familiar with all phases of the night, playing it does during Gnawa dances confinement except for "meals" where the 4 Knaoyen dance collective. The second section of this weather called "Nakech of" employs the machine "Alqracb" addition to Alahjhoj and where dance collectively. After (Alkoiyo) and after a break for a few minutes into tonight Gnaoua stage (Fattouh spacious) operates Gnawa on the packaging of the place will be the final phase of the night to give the character of sacredness it, where is placed (dish) in front of the teacher containing various types of incense and fabrics with colors different each color which symbolizes the "king" of the (Kings) and accompany the process of preparing Remembrance and Anchadat significant and multiple meanings, to be direct access to the final section and the core of the celebration الكناوي and labeled as "kings", they are in a dictionary Gnawa (men of God) Any men Rbaon believers. Wearing Almeredon in this weather clothes The special color symbolizes the "king" of a special white color that symbolizes the "king" Abdelkader al 
.gilali, red to Sir Hamo, and black to auspicious, and yellow to the princess, and blue to Sidi Moussa

All this in preparation for enter Aljzbh phase which will be accompanied by a raucous rhythm caused by machines "Alqracb" and "Alahjhoj" and "spray" (ie clapping hands). Things up with some fairly devotees during loss of consciousness or hit themselves with sharp objects or walk over broken glass .. It means that (attractive) or (attractive) reached the maximum harmony and integration with the rhythm and colors and thus income in the world is not his real world. And is subject aspirant of the terms and a forum al gnawi access, including: - Before entering into space al gnawi the requirement in the aspirant remove the shoe and put it in a place far from anywhere "byre," which may be the angle or villa or Dar popular ... - In order to avoid contaminating the place than commented shoe. - That out loud aspirant to extradite the men of God says: (Delivery men of God, to complement the delivery, delivery, delivery). - Aspirant are required to greet all those present in the "byre" individually or group waved his hand. Tonight Gnaoua usually used for hospital purposes or to celebrate a religious occasion (like a month Shaaban Bible). And shrines Attraction multi reach a maximum in the denominator the "existence Guendichh". Which must rid the body and soul of the evil Black attend the women alongside men and the body in the night Gnaoua in gravitate maximum of the human spirit direction Mujahlha, attracted spirit to get rid of evil and pain attending the body through the dances ripples, explosion Per energies physical and spiritual lift primarily voice songs to remember the past term. The night Gnaoua Baiqaatha and musical Mqamatha and attracted unloading of sexual energies and edit at the same time from the curse and mental lethargy. It sports the body, where to take the night Gnaoua formula descent or landing uneven rhythm and contrasting the various movement and speed, the descent or "Drdabh" as it is called when knowledgeable. Manifested in the night Gnaoua 7 colors spread over ten shrines or "shops". (The locality of white, black, blue, red, green, and black and white, white and yellow)..

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Important tributary gnawi and rituals

Proved ethnic diversity in a country is important at all levels and especially cultural ones .. And talking here specifically about African tributary and the open road in the history of Morocco between the depths of the Sahara between Morocco. And talk about the people who came to Morocco sow warm in the villages of their songs and festive colors, and brown Sahnathm quiet, and dances full of movement and activity, vitality and life, coming from the depths of the desert infuse life in North Africa and coded culture and new blood .. Gnawa loyal to the rhythms of the African jungle by repeated "Alcankah" (big drum), and Alkerkbat and Alahjhoj .. Stand in front of them or hear them We Marine Fimarson, we have their magic metaphysical Briqsathm Bdqathm and colors ...! Astanoi conditions of forced displacement from their homes Vmnhona music roamed the world by the uniqueness and distinction rhythms .. Means Aljzbh with mean beyond human limits, something Reserve on creativity, it scares Western thought and thought systematic rational, it Aljzbh nectar Rabbani, liberation and healing, it is the joy and salvation and liquidation of the self, it's life and freedom of creativity and up to relived repressed in the depths of the soul and memory . Where all becomes a ritual of Gnawa wedding of the body and of the spirit .. Snfred talk here in this paper for the "Gnaoua night", Mstgosaian possible rituals and stages

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Gnawa

Descended «gnawa» or «Gnauh» true in Morocco descended from slaves who were Astradhm during the 

golden age of the empire of Morocco (the ends of the 16th century) of black Africa Bank, which was then called the Western Sudan or empire Ghana (Mali current, in particular). and the designation of Gnawa is the distortion of the right of the original name, which was «Kenya» (Guinea), or slaves Guinea as they were always called, before their integration into fully in Moroccan society, and still «way Gnaoua» present in many of the towns and villages of Morocco, even today,especially in the cities of Marrakech and Essaouira, Rabat, Meknes and enjoy the city of Essaouira vendor city's spiritual community in Morocco, it was the seaport of the city since the 17th century, an important commercial center on the Atlantic coast, and the point of trade with Timbuktu, the capital of Africa's black Muslim at the time, including the slaves were arrivingwith gold to 

Morocco

The tomb «Mr. Bilal» is located west of the city of Essaouira, the supreme, and the shrine of the father of the Gnawa, and inside the tomb of the saint, there is the angle at which embraces the twentieth of the month of Shaaban season annual range Gnaoua and the rhythm of powerful music and warm for groups affiliated with the sect, he graduated a group of followerscities in between rounds to collect donations and alms to the corner, folkloric dress featured with vivid colors, especially red and blue.The famous «Gnawa» musicians exceeded the Moroccan border, to embrace the world since proceeded to organize an annual festival for «Gnawa and World Music» Essaouira in June, and the secret lies in that it is not just music unusual, but is the music with rhythms strong loaded heavily myths and old beliefs, and charged the African cultural heritage and Berber and Arab world. This is called the type of music in Tunisia Balastunbala.

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