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The symbolic significance of the ghaita as used in Moroccan Sufism

Abstract

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...a serendipitous discovery of the Aissawa Order of Morocco ... lead me to become interested in the music of Morocco and particularly the use of oboes by the people of that country. I had already heard recordings of the Master Musicians of Jajouka, another Moroccan group who uses oboes, but saw that this group is already very well documented, and hoped that a study of the Aissawa would be more interesting because of their relative obscurity. They are a particularly interesting group because they are one of the few Sufi Orders that use the ghaita in their spiritual ceremonies (even though it is used widely as a secular ceremonial instrument), and this fact tempted me to explore the importance of the instrument to the group.

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Grantor dc:publisher.institution
College of Music
Year dc:date.issued
2007

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Paterson, Hilary
Advisor dc:contributor.advisor
  • Bruinders, Sylvia

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Language dc:language.iso
eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8145
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oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/8145

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Paterson, Hilary. The symbolic significance of the ghaita as used in Moroccan Sufism. College of Music, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8145