Zar performance by Libana at 2013 Tarab Tanger Festival (Tangier, Morocco)

LIBANA: global music, connecting cultures Learn more about Libana at A performance of a healing ritual dance, versions of which are done all over North Africa. The version we learned is rooted in Egyptian tradition, and is preceeded in performance by 3 popular Middle Eastern rhythms--maksoum, beladi, and sayedi, followed by Ayub and the Zar. Recording of the music for the Zar: