Targui Dance
Essentially relating to daily life, folklore reinforces the feeling of belonging to a community. In Algeria, each region is distinguished by its habits and customs and it is this sum of traditions and uses which in fact constitutes the identity of the groups.
Folk dances develop several functions, all aimed at developing this sense of community. Crossing time and the ages, they are today among the essential components of our vast cultural heritage.
Targuie dance
If music and singing have a preponderant place in Targui cultural life, dance is of lesser importance. Dances such as the tahigalt and the tazangharath – designating both dance and song – are among the best known, to which is added the ritual of the sbeïba, celebrating the Ashura festival and during which men and women face each other and, while singing, offer the public surrounding them an anthology of scenes reflecting joys, sorrows and cycles of life.
Folk dances develop several functions, all aimed at developing this sense of community. Crossing time and the ages, they are today among the essential components of our vast cultural heritage.
Targuie dance
If music and singing have a preponderant place in Targui cultural life, dance is of lesser importance. Dances such as the tahigalt and the tazangharath – designating both dance and song – are among the best known, to which is added the ritual of the sbeïba, celebrating the Ashura festival and during which men and women face each other and, while singing, offer the public surrounding them an anthology of scenes reflecting joys, sorrows and cycles of life.