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Hassan Hakmoun, born in 1963 in Marrakech, is a Gnawa musician who was already performing at all-night healing and trance ceremonies (lila) in his teens. He plays the sintir, the three-stringed bass lute that carries the Gnawa songs to the saints and spirits, accompanied by voices and iron castanets (qraqeb). Based in New York since 1987, he performs and teaches Gnawa music internationally.
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