Ahidus
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thumb|250px|Ahidus group performing during Wikicamp 2023 in Ifrane, [[Morocco.]] Ahidus (), also sometimes called ahidous, haidous, tahidoust or hidoussi, is a Berber style of collective performance in Morocco. It is the traditional dance in many Berber tribes and is known to be the favorite entertainment of these tribes.
Key facts
- Music genre.name
- Ahidus
- Music genre.stylistic_origins
- African music
- Music genre.cultural_origins
- Morocco
- Music genre.instruments
- Drums
- Music genre.regional_scenes
- Middle and Eastern High Atlas
- Music genre.image
- COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Dansgroep uit de Midden-Atlas tijdens het Nationaal Folkore Festival te Marrakech TMnr 20017658.jpg
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- folk dance
- Country of origin
- Morocco
- Instrument
- bendir
- Image
- COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Dansgroep uit de Midden-Atlas tijdens het Nationaal Folkore Festival te Marrakech TMnr 20017658.jpg
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- Commons category
- Ahidous
- has characteristic
- heritage
- location of creation
- Atlas Mountains
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Description
- Origins and characteristics
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thumb|250px|Ahidus group performing during Wikicamp 2023 in Ifrane, [[Morocco.]] Ahidus (), also sometimes called ahidous, haidous, tahidoust or hidoussi, is a Berber style of collective performance in Morocco. It is the traditional dance in many Berber tribes and is known to be the favorite entertainment of these tribes.
== Description == The traditional Ahidus performance includes songs, dances and impromptu poetry performed by a group of performers standing shoulder to shoulder along with other men and women. They all form either a large circle or two facing lines. The man who accompanies and directs the dancer, called the leader of the dance or Ammehreb in Berber, stands in the center of the formation and adjust the rhythm.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ahidus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.