AHALLIL GOURARA

AHALLIL

Ahallil : is the legacy of my hair and lyric of the area Gorara Algerian oasis away from the capital towards the south-west by about a thousand kilometers

              This was the kind of singing prevalent in the area and its environs Timimoun, since the old, and was known by the name of Islam Weighers to carry beyond the current name Ahallil. Some argue that this label is derived from the "People of the Night" as this leads singing at night, while others are linked to Crescent, and others go to that word came from jubilance to God and the phrase "there is no god but Allah." And Alohlal is a kind of singing tradition in the Algerian Sahara. Dealing with the conduct of his words sung companions and saints, which made one of the specialists he considers singing Sufi-inspired methods "Tidjania" and "Qadiriya"  in Algeria and the Maghreb region.

           Participated in the performance of women and men, as they stood chanting the same words with the accompaniment of applause which fits with melodies that support the movements of their bodies. And lead by teams often consist of seven singers are in public places during the night in religious events and weddings, or when you visit the shrines of saints. In the view of one of the researchers that there are two types of this art: the name given to the first Tqrapt, and leads Seated musical instruments, especially on religious occasions, and the second is "Ahallil" and leads a standing ovation by the use of flute and drum