This dance is an excellent example of cultural mixing and fluidity that happens across adjacent borders.The song is in Arabic, written and sung by Algerians, but the dance is in the Moroccan style, choreographed by the son of Moroccan immigrants to Israel.
The song is an Algerian chaabi song written and performed in 1973 by Dahmane El Harrachi, with singer Amel Bouchoucha (Fady Bitar & the AB Brothers), using African dance beats and Berger sounds.
Choreographed by Gadi Bitton 2000
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