Mazaher
Hidden Musics (2021)
Mazaher are a small group of mostly women musicians and singers who play Zãr music: chanting songs and playing hypnotic polyrhythms used as a purification and exorcism ritual to help pacify and cleanse the human spirit. The instrument prominently featured is called the tanbūra, a six string instrument found across East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.Though Zãr ceremonies have been largely dissipating or outlawed, Mazaher remain part of a movement preserving it as a vital cultural heritage passed across generations.
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Wednesday Feb 2nd 2022
Watch: VPRO Vrije Geluiden sessions with Etran de L'Aïr, Víctor Herrero, Ored Recordings, Mazaher & Mario Batkovic at LGW21
Wednesday Jan 26th 2022
Watch/read: Mazaher live at LGW21, premiered by Pan African Music
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Wednesday Sep 29th 2021
Listen or read: a personal introduction to Egypt’s Mazaher, bearers of the Zar tradition, by Nadah El Shazly
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Tuesday Aug 31st 2021
Le Guess Who? presents the second edition of concert series Hidden Musics at 2021 festival
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