Malhun

Malhun
Native name
الملحون
Stylistic originsMoroccan music
Malhun, a popular poetic and musical art
CountryMorocco
Reference01592
RegionArab States
Inscription history
Inscription2023 (18th session)
ListRepresentative
Music of Morocco
Genres
Specific forms
Regional music

Malhun (Arabic الملحون / ALA-LC: al-malḥūn), meaning "the melodic poem", is a form of music that originated in Morocco.[1] It is a kind of urban, sung poetry that comes from the exclusively masculine working-class milieu of craftsmen's guilds. On 6 December 2023, malhun was added to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists of Morocco.[2][3]

  1. ^ Mounira Soliman, Popular Culture in the Middle East and North Africa: A Postcolonial Outlook, p.58 (Routledge 2013) – ISBN 9780415509725
  2. ^ "UNESCO lists Morocco's 'Malhoun' as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity". HESPRESS English - Morocco News. 2023-12-06. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  3. ^ "UNESCO - Malhun, a popular poetic and musical art". ich.unesco.org. Retrieved 2023-12-06.