Morocco’s Saints & Spirits | Gnawa & the Black Diaspora (Full Documentary)

Join us for an exceptional insight into Morocco’s varied spiritual practices, particularly performed by the Gnawa; a less known branch of Islam, formed by the black diaspora in Morocco believing to be descendants of Bilal; the black Muslim slave living at the time of prophet Mohammad. The Gnawa, although Muslims, also incorporate practices from their pre-Islamic mystic order, worshipping spirits while performing the particular Gnawa music and dance. We take part in a ritual ceremony, in which a female spiritual guide goes into ecstasy to celebrate the relationship with her spirit.

The documentary series “Disappearing World” was originally broadcasted between 1970-1975.
As an anthropological landmark of its time, the series tells the story of traditional communities endangered by the modern world’s progressions.
The series stands as a historical document of daily life in remote and threatened societies, such as the Cuiva, Embera and Panare Indians of Colombia, the nomadic Tuareg of the Sahara, the Kurdish Dervishes and the Meo of China.

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