Music of Morocco Tour

A Musical Tour to Morocco


Morocco, as an ancient Mediterranean culture is known by its surviving rituals and beliefs, poetically expressed in the daily life of its people. Music is a reflective mirror to the secular and spiritual life of Moroccans, it is expressed in every occasion to reflect the thoughts and feelings universally known to be difficult to express otherwise. The celestial essence of this journey will take you to a world of marvels and reflection emersed in diverse types of music from Moroccan pop music know as Oughnia and Chaabi music, to Sufi spiritual music of different tariqas expressed in chants of Samaa Of the Tariqa Boutchichia or Tijani, or Shadhiliya Tariqa, to trance druming as in Issawa, Hmadcha, Jilala, Heddawa, Gnawa and many other sufi orders in Morocco.  Rai music, Reggada and Jajouka Have attracted even big stars of Western Pop music such as the Rolling Stones, Crosby Still Nash and Young, the Dooby Brothers, Cat Stevens, Jimmy Hendrix, Peter Gabriel, Sting and many others who have fused or barrowed some rhythms and melodies from traditional Moroccan music.  Come learn about the first strutured written music known as the Andalusian music that gave birth in 13 and 14th centuries to Classical Western music and to the popular Flamenco and Fado in Spain and Portugal.  The Malhoun is a rythmic prose in a very popular style unique to Morocco and most authentic since the 12th century, a style that does not exist anywhere else but Morocco.  Some of the Berber Tribal music is hard to trace as some ritual and belifs in Morocco can go as far as the Neolithic time.  Join us for this very informative palette of Muisc that might enrich your repertoire or simply add to your knowledge about world Music.  Learn about the history of some handmade musical instruments that exist only in some western history books.   You are welcome to dance, share, participate and absorb a wide spectrum of indigenous  Moroccan music. 

Itinerary for Celestial Morocco Tour

Departs March 21 to April 2, 2010

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