Mezwed
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Traditional music
Traditional music is the term increasingly used for folk music that is not contemporary folk music. More on this is at the terminology section of the World music article...
based on oriental rhythms, believed by Tunisia
Tunisia
Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...
ns to be completely different from Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
ian Saahbi music. It incorporates traditional Tunisian drums called Darbouka and a kind of bagpipe called a mizwad
Mizwad
The mizwad is a type of bagpipes played in Tunisia...
with a bag made from ewe's leather. Usually it is sung in a local (Tunisian) dialect of Arabic. Originally the music of the countryside and the working classes; it is often played at weddings and parties. It has its own particular dance in which people enter a trance-like state.
The themes of Mezwed are social, typically: immigration
Immigration
Immigration is the act of foreigners passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent residence...
, racism
Racism
Racism is the belief that inherent different traits in human racial groups justify discrimination. In the modern English language, the term "racism" is used predominantly as a pejorative epithet. It is applied especially to the practice or advocacy of racial discrimination of a pernicious nature...
, family and love. Nowadays new fusions of Mezwed, with Hip-Hop and Rap are becoming popular. The most popular singers are Fatma Boussaha, Samir Lousif and Hedi Habbouba.
Artists
- Hichem Lekhdhiri
- Fathi Weld Fajra
- Fatma Boussaha
- Hedi Habbouba
- Samir Loussif