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Chaabi (Morocco)
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Chaabi (Arabic: شعبي, romanized: shaʻbī, lit. 'popular'[1]) refers to several types of popular music of Morocco, combining rural and urban folk music.[2][3]
The genre started out as street music performed in squares and souks, and can be heard in cafés, at restaurants and at weddings.[2]
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 apposed to the Fassi (lit. 'from Fez', but also including anyone who adopts an elitist culture) who prefer Andalusian music and the malhun.[4][5]
Rural varieties include Jerra and al-Aïta (lit. "the cry"[6]).
Several artists performing this genre are known, such as Hajib, Abdelaziz Stati, Najat Aatabou, Saïd Senhaji and Khalid Bennani.
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