Chaabi (Morocco)
Chaabi (Arabic: شعبي, romanized: shaʻbī, lit. 'popular'[1]) refers to several types of popular music of Morocco, combining rural and urban folk music.[2][3]
The genre started out as street music performed in squares and souks, and can be heard in cafés, at restaurants and at weddings.[2]
Chaabi is commonly associated with the culture of the aroubi, which is a pejorative term to describe people of Arab descent as well as meaning peasant and uneducated, as apposed to the Fassi (lit. 'from Fez', but also including anyone who adopts an elitist culture) who prefer Andalusian music and the malhun.[4][5]
Rural varieties include Jerra and al-Aïta (lit. "the cry"[6]).
Several artists performing this genre are known, such as Hajib, Abdelaziz Stati, Najat Aatabou, Saïd Senhaji and Khalid Bennani.
References
[edit]- ^ Ellingham, Mark; McVeigh, Shaun; Grisbrook, Don (1994-01-01). Morocco: the rough guide. Rough Guides. p. 523. ISBN 9781858280400.
- ^ a b Gauldie, Robin (2017-05-30). Morocco. New Holland Publishers. p. 28. ISBN 9781847730954.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Broughton, Simon; Ellingham, Mark; Trillo, Richard (1999). World Music: Africa, Europe and the Middle East. Rough Guides. p. 572. ISBN 9781858286358.
- ^ Simour, Lhoussain (2016-10-21). Larbi Batma, Nass el-Ghiwane and Postcolonial Music in Morocco. McFarland. p. 10. ISBN 978-1-4766-2581-2.
- ^ Sabry, Tarik (2008-10-15). "Arab Media and Cultural Studies: Rehearsing New Questions". In Hafez, Kai (ed.). Arab Media: Power and Weakness. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 244. ISBN 978-0-8264-2836-3.
- ^ Tchebwa, Manda (2005). African music: new challenges, new vocations. UNESCO. p. 27.
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