REPERTORY OF TRADITIONAL DANCES

DANSE S’TIFIE

   IT IS A DANCE OF THE AREA OF SÉTIF (HIGH PLATEAUS OF THE EAST) IT IS A DANCE CARRIED OUT AFTER GOOD HARVESTS; IT MEANS THE HAPPINESS OF FELLAH. BEHAVIOUR: BLACK WAISTCOAT - WHITE SHIRT PLUS HAT SETIFIEN INSTRUMENTS:

DERBOUKA - TBALE (SMALL DRUM) MORE GHAÎTA

DANSE TERGUI

IT IS THE DANCE OF THE TUAREG LIVING IN THE EXTREME SOUTH, (TAMANRASSET-ILIZI) WITH THE MOUNT OF HOGGAR, THE DANCE OF TERGUI MEANS HUNTING, THE COMBAT, IT IS CARRIED OUT DURING THE MARRIAGES AND THE FESTIVALS OF TUAREG. BEHAVIOUR: BLACK GANDOURA AND WHITE PLUS BLACK LONG TURBAN AND WHITE PLUS SWORDS PLUS SHIELD INSTRUMENTS: GOMBRI (INSTRUMENT WITH 3 CORDS) KARKABOU (CASTANET) DRUM.

DANSE EL ALAOUI

IT IS THE MOST WIDESPREAD DANCE THROUGH THE ALGERIAN WEST, IT CARRIED OUT BY THE MEN TO CELEBRATE THE VICTORY AND THE PRIDE WITH MOVEMENTS OF FEET AND SHOULDERS, ITS DANCERS EXPRESS THEIR ATTACHMENT WITH THEIR GROUND AND MOMENT THEIR CAPACITY OF ENDURANCE. THE MUSICAL SUPPORT CALLS UPON THE INSTRUMENTS,

SUCH AS THE GALLAL (IN THE SHAPE OF CARTRIDGE) ASSOCIATED TO THE GASBAH (FLUTE WITH HOLE) ALL THE INSTRUMENTS PLAYED IN HARMONY MAKE THE FOLK VINTAGE OF THE BEAUTIFUL ABBESIENS TENUE:

GANDOURA JAUNE+ LINES BLANCHE+TURBAN JAUNE+PANTALON BLACK INSTRUMENTS: GALLAL (LONG RHYTHMIC INSTRUMENT OF 70CM CIRCULAR OF 15CM) ACCOMPANIED GHAÎTA

DANSE NEHARI

IT IS A DANCE CARRIED OUT IN THE MOUNTAINS OF TLEMCEN (NORTH-WESTERN) IT IS THE DANCE OF THE SHEPHERDS MONTAGNARDS, IT MEANS COURAGE AND THE JOY OF THE MOUNTAIN DWELLERS, ONE DANCES IT IN THE CEREMONIES OF TENUE MARRIAGES:

RED GANDOURA BLANCHE+ SHIRT + WHITE TURBAN

INSTRUMENTS: BENDIRE (CIRCULAR RHYTHMIC INSTRUMENT 50CM) MORE THE FLUTE (GASBAH                                                  

EL CHAOUIA DANCE

A LOCAL FOLKLORIC DANCE REPRESENTING THE NORTH-EAST OF ALGERIA. IT IS 200 YEARS OLD. THIS DANCE REPRESENTS THE HOSPITALITY AND KINDNESS OF THE PEOPLE, WHO MAINLY WERE NOMADS.