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• GNAWA: SPIRITUAL SOUNDS OF HEALING SLAVERY, RITUALS, MUSIC

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  Meryem Madili

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  Morocco is known for its cultural and ethnic diversity. In this writing, I would like to shed light on a mystical ethnic group in Morocco that baffled many people from all over the globe; descendants of slaves who traced their origin to Sub-Saharan countries (Mali, Guinea, Ghana, Senegal, Niger). It also refers to a spiritual type of music that can be used as a method of healing with special rituals.

• Women in the Gnawa community in Morocco: Psychotherapy, spirits possession and healing

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  Meryem Madili

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  Descendants of slaves from the Sub-Saharan countries brought to Morocco, characterized by their special music with unique rhythms accompanied with spiritual traditions and practices for healing purposes. The Gnawa community represents an intangible cultural heritage in Morocco due to its special rituals and traditions in healing the sick from various diseases by practicing syncretic rituals, trance dances and spiritual music that makes the participant left up with ecstasy. These practices are centred in a ceremony called ‘lila’ in which women play a significant role by leading the healing rituals and communicating with the spirits that possess the participant in order to reach God.