B'net Houariyat at the Kennedy Center

Part of the Arabesque Festival at the Kennedy Center, B'net Houariyat, who are five women from the region of Marrakech in Morocco, who sing and dance to the rhythm of their drums, performing traditional music of Houara, of the Hammada, together with Berber dances and styles like the Aita and the Chaabi, performed recently at The millennium Stage to a raving audience.
B'net Houariyat have been invited to perform at numerous international festivals and in leading concert halls around the world.
B'net Houariyat are Ms. Zahi-a Bani, Ms. Khadija Haliba , Ms. Malika Rahmi, Ms. Saida Madrani, and Ms. Halima Zeiter.
B'net Houariyat have released the following recordings: Poèmes dAmour des Femmes du Sud Marocain (1994); Voix des femmes de Marrakech (1997); and, Voices of Marrakech (1997). B'net Houariyat also recorded with Peter Gabriel on Gabriel's Up (2002).
The performance, as you can see in the video, was energizing and hypnotic. It left the audience craving for more of Bnet Houariyat magic.
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[lahasna]

hhahhaha awesome mis morocco :(

[nicegirl8522]

vive le maroooooooooooooooc dima mgharbaaa

[Marrakchidanslame]

el A3zzzzz alikom La khadija La halima <3 <3 <3 TbarkAllah alkom

[marrakchirachid]

tbark lah 3la bnat homti walahila hamarto lia wajhi tbarklah 3lik abant la lkbira lah irahmha mskina

[asyassine3]

@AbstractMan23 it's not berber it's arabic dialect, pure old arabic with different pronunciation. the girls dance is so funny seems that they r in an other world

[trissinti]

The frantic dancers didn't get it all!! The chant is hypnotic, steadily building to trance, only the grey haired woman was in the mood, the others could be listening to Egyptian pop on their ipods for all they were connected to the music!

[TheHOUDHOUDA]

allah ya3tikom saha 

[westside121812]

then who the fuck decided to call it the arabesque festival lol

[AbstractMan23]

@westside121812 it's berber

[westside121812]

it doesnt sound like arabic ?