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Morocco

Track 1 : Arabian Song

Track 2 : Berber Chant


Every year in September for generations, The Berbers of the Atlas mountains come together to prepare for the coming winter.

 

The Music tracks have been recorded in a camel market where two major cultures, Berber and Arab meet. We hear a Berber group chanting amidst the dust and business of the market.

The second track is by an Arab group, performing a Moroccan folk song, relating to the Moroccan wedding ritual, in which the singers extol the virtues of their love, with phrases such as " all girls are seduced by the depth of your black eyes, how am I to resist you?"