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MR.1963.2.3-1

Basic facts:

 country   province   region   village   people   group   date   collector 
 Morocco         Ahansal   Ait Atta      Jul 1960   Ferdinand De Hen 

Language and title:

original language:
title in original language: Ahidous
title in English:

Musical composition:

 type   # performers   instrument (type)   singing voice 
 Group   4   -   MALE 
 Group   4   Ainza (frame drum)   MALE 

Characteristics:

general:
function: ritual music
length: 0:00 min.

Performers:

unknown

Fragment:

not available online

Remarks:

The Atta are a Berber ethnic group.
Participants' ages: 30.
Performed during the visit of Ait Atla Ylmechan to the sacred village of Ahansal.
Continued from track 63.2.2/2.
The singers are divided into two groups that slowly move toward each other.
Married women must not participate in this ritual.
The Arab name for the Ainza: Bendir.


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Pitch: help

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Octave reduced tone scale

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All pitch candidates

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Melodic progress (fragment)

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