Master Musicians of Joujouka Live in Porto 2 ghaita, tbel,

Master Musicians of Joujouka Live in Porto 2
The Master Musicians of Joujouka warming up for a a long trance at Casa da Musica, Porto, 1 April, 2006.
This was the masters first trip to Porto. The dancing piper is 78 year old Mohamed Mockchan. the dancing drummer is Ahmed Attar.
Ahmed Attar " I was a twelve year old learning drumming with my father and the Mallims. Brian Jones was very good. My father played rhiata with and for him and I danced and played my drum. He came with Hamri and Brion Gysin. He had long hair and he rubbed my head. He brought a lot to Joujouka. Besef Baraka. We will mark the 40th Anniversary of his visit here in Joukouka to honour Brian Jones and to let people come to Joujouka and see what it is like here for themselves. It is good to feel the Baraka of Sidi Ahmed Scheich. Joujouka is his country. He is the Cultivator with Lions and Healer of Crazy Minds."xt Master Musicians of Joujouka
Festival June 10-12 June 2011 booking email joujouka@gmail.com

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"The remains of [Sufi Saint]Sidi Hamid Sherek,who introduced Islam to the region c1800,gave Jajouka a moral authority...This authority is expressed and sustained by Jajouka's Master Musicians, the sons of sons of musicians, who play to exorcise the illnesses of pilgrims, to reaffirm the identity of villagers and visitors at festival and feast times, and to entertain and instruct listeners and themselves, wafting their time-seasoned melodies and rhythms out across the Jebel[hills]..."