Raissat, Dances of the Chleuh Berbers of Morocco
Dances of the Raissat: The Raissat are the professional female singers and dancers of the Berber population of Southern Morrocco. This dance style is from the Raissat of the Chleuh (a Berber tribe in Southern Morocco) from the region around Agadir and Tiznit. Their music is pentatonic and their dances are characterized by a vertical bounce, quite different in feeling from Arab music and dance.