“Baba Salem”…a traveling musician and maker of moments of joy for young and old

The “Baba Salem” band is a mobile band of Gnawi musicians playing music in the streets, and they are a tribe of musicians who earn their living.. “Salem” is the name of this wandering musician known for beating drums, percussion of Qarqabo and dancing of the hadra. A real character far from myth and fantasy as it is known, for the latter was a lover of fun, vanity and wine in the first place.

He was without work and when his money ran out, he danced, sang and beat the drum for certain sums of money, and when he was satisfied with his city, he traveled to other cities and reached the desert, and with the passage of time the demonstration became a cultural heritage and a joyful painting on holidays and occasions, before it became the profession of those who do not have it. Profession.

He creates moments of joy for young and old, and leaves carrying what they are blessed with, while women throw money at him from the balconies, to seek blessings from the man coming from the Great South. This matter is linked to donations for the promise of the good guardian Sidi Bilal, which is held once a year. Qarqabo..