16 TONS. Ricardo Micó, 3
The Gnawa are descendants of slaves who were deported to the Maghreb from sub-Saharan countries and who brought rituals and spiritual traditions to Morocco that combine poetry, music and dance. The ceremonies (“lilac”) dedicated to prayer and healing are led by a mâalem, and “music teacher”, title with which only the best guembri teachers qualify, a large lute with three strings. There was a teacher who revealed all his secrets to his daughter, to later transmit her honorary title and declare for the first time a woman as mâalema. Ella se llama Asmâa Hamzaoui, and Bnat Timbuktu are the women who accompany him. Pure trance. FEDE FERNANDEZ
