Gnaoua

These were the slaves known as Gnaoua, perhaps because they originated in Guinea.

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The Gnaoua are a Sufi brotherhood who are partly descended from slaves traded from sub-Saharan Africa, and are mostly found in the south of Morocco.

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The real Gnaoua force is still a part of the culture.

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The Gnaoua festival draws thousands of people to Morocco.

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This maalem says that there are now two systems, the true mystics and believers who are able to cure, and the new generation, for whom Gnaoua is all about music and enjoyment.

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And they know people who have really been cured by Gnaoua music.

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The traditional Gnaoua music has (inaudible) secrets.

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SMITH: The hordes of people who come to the town for the four-day festival to experience the Gnaoua don't leave unsatisfied.

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I was there, very much present, and I've seen people being cured because of the Gnaoua music.

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SMITH: Gnaoua have raised the profile of the town, bringing enormous material profits, and incidentally, introducing an unusual form of slavery tourism.

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