| Malhun | |
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| Native name | الملحون |
| Stylistic origins | Moroccan music |
| Malhun, a popular poetic and musical art | |
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| Country | Morocco |
| Reference | 01592 |
| Region | Arab States |
| Inscription history | |
| Inscription | 2023 (18th session) |
| List | Representative |
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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]
- ^ Mounira Soliman, Popular Culture in the Middle East and North Africa: A Postcolonial Outlook, p.58 (Routledge 2013) – ISBN 9780415509725
- ^ "UNESCO lists Morocco's 'Malhoun' as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity". HESPRESS English - Morocco News. 2023-12-06. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
- ^ "UNESCO - Malhun, a popular poetic and musical art". ich.unesco.org. Retrieved 2023-12-06.