Violeta Ruano Portraits of Saharawi Music
Culture is our being
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Type
sound
Duration
Unknown
Cultures
Hassaniya
Shelf mark
C1640/25
Recording date
2013-10-01
Is part of (Collection)
Violeta Ruano Portraits of Saharawi Music
Recording locations
Al Aiun, Saharawi refugee camps
Performers
Mahfud Aliyen, Lmarabet (singer, male), Said, Luali (guitar), Berki, Zunu (percussion)
Recordist
Violeta Ruano
Abstract
This song is a modern national tune composed in 2011 by composer Mahmud Bara. It praises Saharawi culture and talks about the fact that without culture people would not be anybody. It is composed in the scale entamas of the azawaan music system.The performance occasion was a private session in the house of a musician. Male lead singer, Lmarabet Mahfud, son of Mahfud "Drebaba", is a young and talented musician quite active in the camps. The girl playing percussion was playing a plastic washbowl due to the lack of proper drums. Other girls joined in with the clapping.
Related images
Photograph of Lmarabet Mahfud and Luali Said during the session
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