Hawfi

Hawfi is a form of female vocal folk music and poetic genres originated in Tlemcen (Algeria). It is known to have existed from the 14th-century, when it was mentioned by Ibn Khaldun in his work Muqaddimah. It is often sung to the accompaniment of a lute.

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