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From ritual
to new terrain.
Press releases, festival journals and notes on Gnawa heritage in motion.
12 August 2026 · Performance · Tislit Festival
Gnawa under the Eclipse
A ritual-centred live set where guembri, voice, ambient space and psychedelic electronics met the changing Moroccan sky.
Read story ↗June 2026 · Fashion × ritual
Habiller la Transe
Mao Lakhdar and Khalil Mounji create two garments for the parade and concert stage.
Read story ↗24 June 2026 · New release
MBIRIKA
Taxi Kabir and Khalil Mounji bring the guembri into an expansive electronic soundscape.
Read story ↗25–27 June 2026 · Festival field notes
Festival Gnaoua d’Essaouira
Parade, concert and transmission at the 2026 Gnaoua and World Music Festival.
Read story ↗2026 · VENA Records
Arab Invasion
A raw, forward-facing electronic release and its Italian live chapter.
Read story ↗2 November 2025 · Holland Gnawa Festival
Gnawa Meditation
A focused encounter with Bouchra Arbaoui at Theater De Regentes, The Hague.
Read story ↗18 April 2025 · Korzo · The Hague
Gnawa Lila
Khalil Mounji, DJ Taxi Kabir and Silya Ziani connect ceremony, guembri and psychedelic electronics.
Read story ↗22–24 December 2023 · Festival · Casablanca
Jdba w’Klam
A special Gnawa edition bringing masters and a new generation together in Casablanca.
Read story ↗28–31 March 2019 · Festival · Marrakech
World Folklore Days
Gnaoua Culture and Kalimba Project at an international meeting of music, dance and living heritage.
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