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- noun Plural form of
Gnawa .
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In Moroccan popular culture, Gnawas, through their ceremonies, are considered to be experts in the magical treatment of scorpion stings and psychic disorders.
Richard Bangs: Why Would Anyone Bomb Jemaa El F'na Square in Marrakesh? Richard Bangs 2011
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In Moroccan popular culture, Gnawas, through their ceremonies, are considered to be experts in the magical treatment of scorpion stings and psychic disorders.
Richard Bangs: Why Would Anyone Bomb Jemaa El F'na Square in Marrakesh? Richard Bangs 2011
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In Moroccan popular culture, Gnawas, through their ceremonies, are considered to be experts in the magical treatment of scorpion stings and psychic disorders.
Richard Bangs: Why Would Anyone Bomb Jemaa El F'na Square in Marrakesh? Richard Bangs 2011
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In Moroccan popular culture, Gnawas, through their ceremonies, are considered to be experts in the magical treatment of scorpion stings and psychic disorders.
Richard Bangs: Why Would Anyone Bomb Jemaa El F'na Square in Marrakesh? Richard Bangs 2011
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They build from prayerful incantations to handclapping and for the Gnawas foot-stamping rhythms; repeated refrains gather momentum as improvisatory vocals curl, rasp and ascend.
NYT > Home Page By JON PARELES 2011
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They build from prayerful incantations to handclapping and for the Gnawas foot-stamping rhythms; repeated refrains gather momentum as improvisatory vocals curl, rasp and ascend.
NYT > Home Page By JON PARELES 2011
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This is a post that'll be particularly appreciated by participants in my forthcoming Gnawa Photo~Expedition as photojournalist Stefano Torrione has documented the Gnawa in Essaouira and Marrakech in one of his many interesting galleries titled The Rituals of the Gnawas.
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