Mazaher - Beit Elhabash / Tamboura; In kan gara menny - Live at Le Guess Who? 2021

Egyptian ensemble Mazaher perform 'Beit Elhabash' and 'Tamboura - In kan gara menny' live at the Jacobikerk during Le Guess Who? 2021. The performance was part of the project Hidden Musics. About: 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. Captured live at Jacobikerk Utrecht on Friday, 12 November during Le Guess Who? 2021. Mazaher: Om Sameh, Raafat Farag, Om Hassan, Nour Elsabah, Shadya, Araby Artistic director & Arrangements: Ahmed El Maghraby Direction: Dammes Kieft