Malhun

Malhun, a popular poetic and musical art
CountryMorocco
Reference01592
RegionArab States
Inscription history
Inscription2023 (18th session)
ListRepresentative

Malhun (Arabic الملحون / ALA-LC: al-malḥūn), meaning "the melodic poem", is a form of music that originated in Morocco. It is a kind of urban, sung poetry that comes from the exclusively masculine working-class milieu of craftsmen's guilds. On 6 December 2023, malhun was added to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists of Morocco.