Moroccan children with homemade musical instruments.
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Music in Morocco
There are many different styles of traditional music from Morocco including: Berber Folk music, Chaabi "popular" folk music, Gnawa - mystical music, Classical Malhun, and Classical Sufi.
MOROCCAN MUSICAL INSTRUMENT SLIDE SHOW: Scroll over image and click "Play"
Food in Morocco
Traditional Moroccan foods include:
Couscous: Semolina wheat
Beef
Tajine: A stew cooked in a clay pot with meat, vegetables and spices (cumin, paprika, cinnamon, ginger and turmeric).
Tajine
Sports in Morocco
Soccer is the most popular sport in Morocco. It's national team has qualified for the World Cup in soccer several times.
Song Lyrics
A Ram Sam Sam
A ram sam sam, a ram sam sam Guli guli guli guli guli ram sam sam A ram sam sam, a ram sam sam Guli guli guli guli guli ram sam sam
A rafiq, a rafiq Guli guli guli guli guli ram sam sam A rafiq, a rafiq Guli guli guli guli guli ram sam sam
Background
This week's folk song is "A Ram Sam Sam ", a popular children's song from Morocco.
While singing, try the following movements:
A ram sam sam - pound fists, right over left, then left over right.
Guli guli - pull hands apart gesturing as if something were gooey
A rafiq - raise both arms high in the air and then down to the ground
Atlas Mountains.
Fennec Fox or Dessert Fox
Geography: Morocco is a country on the Northwest Coast of Africa. It borders the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean as well as Algeria and Western Sahara.
Capital: Rabat is the capital of Morocco
The most common animals in Morocco are are camels, sheep, goats, the Barbary monkey, and wild boar.
Climate: The climate changes from a Mediterranean climate on the coast to a desert climate east of the Atlas Mountains. The coast can be warm and rainy, the mountains cold with snow and the south hot and dry
Couscous with Stew
Spices
Language:
People mostly speak 3 different languages in Morocco including 1. Arabic 2. Berber 3. French