# Guedra

**URL:** <https://forum.speakmoroccan.com/t/guedra/2324>\
**Category:** Moroccan Culture - Culture Marocaine\
**Created:** [December 16, 2009, 8:33pm UTC](https://forum.speakmoroccan.com/t/guedra/2324 "2009-12-16T20:33:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![marroquina](https://forum.speakmoroccan.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@marroquina](https://forum.speakmoroccan.com/u/marroquina)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 8:33pm UTC](https://forum.speakmoroccan.com/t/guedra/2324/1 "2009-12-16T20:33:31Z")

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can someone tell me more about this dance/custom? thanks!!  
videos would be nice!

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**Author:** ![Madridista](https://forum.speakmoroccan.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Madridista](https://forum.speakmoroccan.com/u/Madridista)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2009, 12:54am UTC](https://forum.speakmoroccan.com/t/guedra/2324/2 "2009-12-17T00:54:39Z")

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so first i wanna say that the word guedra means in darija the cooking pot or cauldron where we make soups … the nomads took this pot and covered it with animal skin and made a drum to use it in making the rythm to this dance .  
the guedra is not like other dances in the middle east ( zar or 7adra ) which involve the exorcism of demon spirits or killing chickens, the guedra is purely beneficial and joyful.  
the guedra is a simple dance but to make it work you must lose yourself in the movement and feel it …

The Guedra is a 3 layer ritual built accordingly:

- Alternate clapping, one group clapping on 1, second group clapping on 2. Rhythmic element also provided by drumming on the “cauldron”.
- Chants which blend together to create a wall of sound, and
- the dancer, who translates this energy into movement through her hands

here’s a video i found in youtube :

[youtube][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJKvi2kUAIQ](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJKvi2kUAIQ)[/youtube]

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**Author:** ![Spicegoddess18](https://forum.speakmoroccan.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ecc23a/32.png) [@Spicegoddess18](https://forum.speakmoroccan.com/u/Spicegoddess18)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.speakmoroccan.com/t/guedra/2324/3 "2011-04-26T18:55:10Z")

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[youtube][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE8SOf58UgU](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE8SOf58UgU)[/youtube]

I had never heard of the Guedra dance, but from watching it a couple times I was amazed at how someone could dance on their knees with such rhythm. Truly beautiful…