My uncle became extremely worried as he thought I was lost in the streets of the city, while I was following a band of Gnawa singers. We chant in spiritual concerts called layali or 'nights' where we perform religious rituals. One of them called me, his name was Samaka, God rest his soul in peace. Click here for more on the series. There were around 50 Gnawa singers living in the same neighbourhood. Meet the man on a mission to take down Cambodia's timber tycoons and expose a rampant illegal cross-border trade. You can call that party my graduation diploma, as without their blessings, no one becomes a Gnawa singer and can not even play the guinbri instrument. 
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He asked me why I had been following them for some time and where I came from, and I told him I came from the Ksar al-Kebirand that my grandfather was a great Gnawa singer. We chant in spiritual concerts called layali or 'nights' kasrk we perform religious rituals.
Hamid el kasri chalaba
That is why each group had its own style of music. When my uncle noticed that the dispute between my father and myself on the Gnawa issue had escalated, he took me with him to Rabat city to keep me away from Gnawa.
When I was years-old, I decided to move up north, to Tetuan city which was considered as a school of Gnawa music. Asia PacificInteractiveCambodia.
The Gnawa style was sung in different languages, depending on the group singing it, but they were all African languages and dialects. You can call that party my graduation diploma, as without hami blessings, no one becomes a Gnawa singer and can not even play the guinbri instrument.
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Hamid el kasri chalaba
I started a tour across several Moroccan cities, and then decided to stay in my city Ksar al-Kebir and I started to hold concerts. There were around 50 Gnawa singers living in the same neighbourhood. To find out more, click here.
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Later on, I moved to al-Araish city, where I invited top Gnawa masters to attend a private party to grant me their approval and blessings. The slaves were then released after the armies had been dissolved, and they became scattered all across the country. He asked me if I knew how to play the Qarqab instrument, and I said yes. We dialled more than 35, random phone numbers to paint an accurate picture of displacement across South Sudan. They have tried to develop this style and add a spiritual aspect to it, such as talking about jinn and Muslims' good old leaders.
One time, he sent me to buy some stuff from the grand market in Sella city, and on the way, I came across three singers chanting Gnawa in the street. Meet the man on a mission to take down Cambodia's timber tycoons and expose a rampant illegal cross-border trade. He then agreed and allowed me to kawri Samaka's band.
I joined them and worked with them, and got paid good money. We are considered as the latest Gnawa singers. I lived nearby, and I used to escort my grandmother to these layali where they chanted spiritual songs. How does your country vote at the UN? We studied the basics of Gnawa singing, its rhythms and the way of playing the guinbr i instrument. My uncle became extremely worried chlaaba he thought I was lost in the streets of the city, while I was following a band of Gnawa singers.
Master Abdullah al-Wazzani had 40 Gnawa singers there, practicing singing in his home everyday.
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Since having a child in a Gnawa band would add a kind of excitement and hamiv, he asked me to meet the next morning to join their band. I followed them and forgot about the stuff that my uncle had asked me to buy.
He rebuked me for following a Gnawa band in Rabat after they had taken me away from Gnawa in Ksar al-Kebir city.
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