🔊 Fieldrecording in the Zawiya Hamdouchia, Medina of Tangier (MA) – 03/05/2024, 10:20 pm – 20′

The Hadra (trance and invocation of spirits) is a Sufi musical ceremony held every Friday evening in this religious place called a Zawiya. During this healing community ritual, guests, mostly composed of women, dance and enter a state of trance to the exhilirating rhythms of chanting, percussion and ghaïtas (double-reed apricot wood flutes).

Musicians :

• Moqadem Stitou aka Mohamed Zher (master of ceremony)

• Weld Sitou aka Mohamed Said Zhar and Said Tadlaoui (ghaïta)

• Jaouad Doukali, Abdelali El Aitouti, Chaaibi Laamairi, Salem Menchour, Youssef Zher, Mohamed Linchou, Rachid El Houat, Hamza El Alaoui (voice and percussion)

Recording made during a sound art residency at NBTA – النّبتة

https://presquetout.bandcamp.com/album/tape-series-008-chlo-despax-deepal-warakagoda

Many thanks to Mouna, Al, Fayçal & Ousama