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Performance number 01 / CCA Glasgow
Venue: Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, Scotland CCA
Date: 03 MAY 2025
In the heart of Rboukh, where rhythm erupts from the depths of the soul, what you hear are not melodies, but cries—groaning, rebelling, bursting with voices never heard before. Mezwed music was never just a set of harmonious tunes floating in the air—it was a weapon, a chant breaking the laws that sought to silence us, to extinguish our voices.
We dance on the wounds of our lovers, sing the songs of a people, and tell the stories of a displaced nation that rose against norms and restrictions. Rboukh is not merely a sound of joy; it is a metaphor for our daily existence—a protest carved from the core of our being.
Our voices have never served regimes, occupations, or the politics that tried to marginalize us. They have always roared with life, embodying a silenced identity—those of us seen as braïnia, outsiders to the system, not fitting the mold of the “sons of the land.” We’ve found ourselves confronting societal rejection and class-based exclusion.
In the rhythms of Rboukh, our liberated imaginations leap, tearing down the walls of silence, unleashing dreams and melodies that were never just for dancing. Every note is a protest. Every movement follows the pulse of our truth. The spinning belt, the Fazzani step—these are more than rituals. They are acts of resistance, demanding recognition of an indomitable musical identity.
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