Algerian music: eleven files submitted to UNESCO

These files concern the female songs "Sraoui" and "Acewiq" from the Kabylie region, "Ayay" from the wilayas of Laghouat and Biskra, the Châabi El Assimi, El Malouf, El Hawzi, El Haoufi and other musical genres, explained the director of the National Centre for Prehistoric, Anthropological and Historical Research, Slimane Hachi.

The wedding costume Chedda Tlemcenienne, the Couscous, the Raï song, the celebration of Sbiba, the celebration of the mawlid Ennabaoui "Seboua" of Timimoune, the traditional song "Ahlil" of Gurara, the procession of the Ouled Sidi Cheikh and the traditional system of irrigation and water distribution "Fougara", have been previously designated as world heritage by UNESCO.

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