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Why is Chaoui music sung in Arabic, not in Tachawit?
Gasba Chaoui (Chaoui reed flute music) is a very popular genre in Algeria and Western Tunisia.
The style is very unique, very different from Arab and Andalusian music, clearly stemming from a different music tradition.
But the lyrics are always in Arabic (example 1, example 2, example 3, and many more). Why is that the case? Why do they not sing in Tachawit, the way Kabyle and Touareg musicians sing in their native languages?
u/AlexSnakeKing — 7 days ago