Ancient Moroccan mountain music entrances festival crowd


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A dancer dressed as 'Bou Jeloud', a Pan-like figure half goat, half man, performs during the annual Joujouka Musical Festival in northern Morocco's Jajouka village on May 27. Photo: AFP

A hypnotic drum beat blends with ancient Sufi-inspired tunes in a tent in a Moroccan mountain village where local musicians regroup once a year when they don't play the world's top stages.

The Master Musicians of Joujouka draw on centuries of local tradition with a hypnotic sound that captivated the 1950s Beatniks, the Rolling Stones' Brian Jones and fans everywhere since.

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