Hawfi is a form of female vocal folk music and poetic genres originated in Tlemcen (Algeria).Maya SAIDANI, Musiques et danses traditionnelles du patrimoine algérien, http://www.cnrpah.org/pci-bnd/images/livre.pdf, CNRPAH, 2013, p. 239 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.
External links Music of Algeria: Selected Recordings
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