Zikr & Sufi night
El Sheikh Naim El Sayed Hassan
On Monday March 23, 2015 at 8:00 pm.

The inshad is a melodic vocal performance set in religious contexts,
 most notably in the context of the hadra of Sufi brotherhoods.
Dhikr or "remembrance" (of Allah) refers to rhythmic chanting of the names
of Allah.
 Zikr and Inshad can be finding in the context of public celebrations,
such as saints' festivals (the mulid), the Prophet's birthday and
celebrations of rites of passage,
such as memorials, circumcisions and, in Upper Egypt, weddings.
These draw a wide range of participants, both men and women,
and comprise a mix of adherents of particular Sufi brotherhoods,
as well as a more general public coming for the ecstatic emotional and
spiritual experience.

 Mawawil
Gamalat Shiha
&
Sara El Rawi
On Tuesday March 24, 2015 at 8:00 pm.

Sahra or musical evening brings together musicians from the Nile Delta in
the group Mawawil.
These performers play a wide repertoire of the traditional music of the Nile
Delta.
The music reflects the daily life of peasants through love songs,
wedding songs and the king of popular songs, the mawwal or narrative ballad.
The mawwal, has links to historical forms of Arabic song and poetry,
and the singer demonstrates his skill with non-metrical
melodic improvisation on a poetic narrative text and melody.
The musicians of Mawawil play the rababa (a double-stringed spike fiddle
made
from half of a coconut shell covered with fish skin and a bow strung with
horse hair),
the kawala (an end-blown, oblique flute with six holes)
and the arghoul (an ancient double clarinet characterized by two pipes of
unequal length.
The second pipe serves as a drone and can be lengthened by adding pieces.
The player uses the technique of circular breathing to produce an
uninterrupted sound).
The arghoul can be traced back to Pharaonic times as it is exactly
depicted on wall paintings of the temples of the third dynasty.
Amin Shahin is one of the few remaining arghoul players in Egypt,
since the death of arghoul master, Moustafa Abd al Aziz in 2001.



Mazaher ensemble
 (Zar Music & Songs)
On Wednesday March 25, 2015 at 8:00 pm.

Mazaher is an ensemble in which women play a leading role.
The musicians of Mazaher ‎, Umm Sameh, Umm Hassan, Nour el Sabah are among
the last remaining Zar practitioners in Egypt.
The music is inspired by the three different styles musical styles of the
Zar tradition practiced in Egypt.
One of the African dimensions of Egypt, Zar music unfolds through rich
poly-rhythmic drumming:
it's songs are distinctly different from other Egyptian music traditions.
The music of Mazaher is inspired by the three different styles of Zar music
practiced in Egypt-the Egyptian or Upper Egyptian Zar, Abu Gheit Zar and the
Sudanese, or African Zar.

The ECCA is not researching or documenting the ritualistic aspects of the
Zar,
rather it focuses documenting and promoting this unique musical legacy.
ECCA has gathered together some Zar performers and motivated them to go
through lengthy sessions of rehearsing,
remembering and recording.
Mazaher is the result of these efforts.

Tickets price: 30 L.E per person
20 L.E per person for families.

Doors open at 7:30pm.
Ps: Reservations is canceled at 8:00pm
Tea and Karkade are served
To rsvp.
E-mail: makan@egyptmusic.org
MakAn: 1 (Not 1a) Saad Zaghloul Street, 11461, El Dawaween, Cairo.
(on the corner of across Saad Zaghloul and Mansour street)
Tel: 00202 27920878
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