Chaabi (Morocco)

'''Chaabi''' ({{Langx|ar|شعبي|shaʻbī|popular}}<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5CMjJ_gyimYC&q=chaabi+morocco+a%C3%AFta&dq=chaabi+morocco+a%C3%AFta|title=Morocco: the rough guide|last1=Ellingham|first1=Mark|last2=McVeigh|first2=Shaun|last3=Grisbrook|first3=Don|date=1994-01-01|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=9781858280400|pages=523|language=en}}</ref>) refers to several types of popular music of Morocco, combining rural and urban folk music.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PBNkuaI2S6IC&pg=PA28|title=Morocco|last=Gauldie|first=Robin|date=2017-05-30|publisher=New Holland Publishers|isbn=9781847730954|pages=28|language=en}}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gyiTOcnb2yYC&pg=PA572|title=World Music: Africa, Europe and the Middle East|last1=Broughton|first1=Simon|last2=Ellingham|first2=Mark|last3=Trillo|first3=Richard|date=1999|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=9781858286358|pages=572|language=en}}</ref> It is performed in Moroccan Arabic.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Gintsburg |first=Sarali Yurievna |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1dgCnwEACAAJ |title=Formulaicity in Jbala Poetry |date=2014 |publisher=Tilburg University |isbn=978-94-6167-180-6 |pages=44–45 |language=en}}</ref>

The genre started out as street music performed in squares and ''souks'', and can be heard in cafés, restaurants, and weddings.<ref name=":0" />

Chaabi is commonly associated with the culture of the ''aroubi'', which is a pejorative term to describe people of Arab descent, as well as meaning peasant and uneducated, as opposed to the ''Fassi'' ({{Literally|from Fez}}, but also including anyone who adopts an elitist culture), who prefer Andalusian music and the malhun.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Simour |first=Lhoussain |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Larbi_Batma_Nass_el_Ghiwane_and_Postcolo/FABODQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA10&printsec=frontcover |title=Larbi Batma, Nass el-Ghiwane and Postcolonial Music in Morocco |date=2016-10-21 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-2581-2 |pages=10 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Sabry |first=Tarik |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Arab_Media/_SYmAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=aroubi%20fessi&dq=aroubi%20fessi&printsec=frontcover |title=Arab Media: Power and Weakness |date=2008-10-15 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |isbn=978-0-8264-2836-3 |editor-last=Hafez |editor-first=Kai |pages=244 |language=en |chapter=Arab Media and Cultural Studies: Rehearsing New Questions}}</ref>

Rural varieties include ''Jerra'' and ''al-Aïta''{{efn|Some ethnomusicologists argue it is a separate genre rather than a type of chaabi.<ref name=":1" />}} ({{Literal translation|the cry}}<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2eETAQAAIAAJ&dq=chaabi+morocco+a%C3%AFta&q=aita|title=African music: new challenges, new vocations|last=Tchebwa|first=Manda|date=2005|publisher=UNESCO|pages=27|language=en}}</ref>).

Several artists performing this genre are known, such as Hajib, Abdelaziz Stati, Najat Aatabou, Saïd Senhaji, and Khalid Bennani.

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Category:Moroccan styles of music