”The Gnawa (or Gnaoua,
Ghanawa, Ghanawi, Gnawi) people originated from West Africa; to be precise the
ancient Ghana Empire of Ouagadougou (present day Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia,
Burkino Faso and 85% of Mali (pre Gnawi/Mali Wars).
This name Gnawa is
taken from one of the indigenous languages of the Sahara Desert called
Tamazight. The phonology of this term according to the grammatical principles
of Tamazight is as follows: Gnawi (singular), Gnawa (collective) and Gnawn
(plural rarely used).
The Gnawa are an ethnic group whom, with the passing of time became a part of the Sufi order in Maghreb”
- fra Wikipedias artikel om befolkningsgruppen gnawa. Om gnawaernes særegne musiktraditioner hedder det:
”Gnawa musicians
generally refers to people who also practice healing rituals, with apparent
ties to pre-Islamic African animism rites. In Moroccan popular culture, Gnawas,
through their ceremonies, are considered to be experts in the magical treatment
of scorpion stings and psychic disorders. They heal diseases by the use of
colors, condensed cultural imagery, perfumes and fright.
Gnawas play deeply
hypnotic trance music, marked by low-toned, rhythmic sintir melodies,
call-and-response singing, hand clapping and cymbals called krakeb (plural of
karkaba). Gnawa ceremonies use music and dance to evoke ancestral saints who
can drive out evil, cure psychological ills, or remedy scorpion stings.”
Nu på lørdag, d. 13. februar, får
Global, i et samarbejde med Frost Festival og Roskilde Festival Fonden, besøg
af den marokkanske gnawa-mester Maalem Omar Hayat, der skal lede et fire timer
langt Lila-ritual.
Musikjournalist og kender af
verdensmusik, Torben Holleufer, har skrevet mere om ritualet og hvem Maalem
Omar Hayat er, i den seneste udgave af Jazzhouse og Globals altid anbefalelssværdige magasin. Slå op på side 26.
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