Schlöh

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Berber woman from southern Morocco

The Schlöh or Schelha ( French Chleuh ; Arabic شلوح, DMG šluḥ ; Self Identification Shilha language : ⴰⵛⵍⵃⵉ Achelḥi , plurality ⵉⵛⵍⵃⵉⵢⵏ ichelḥiyen ) are a Berber people in Morocco , speaks the language Shilha language; Unlike Mazirian , the Schlöh language is not one of the officially recognized Berber languages ​​of Morocco alongside Arabic . Nevertheless, the Schlöh have been using the Tifinagh script more and more recently .

history

Even the Phoenicians described the west of North Africa as an inhabited area and trade with the inhabitants was carried out; it is believed that they are forerunners of the Berbers. The Schlöh live in the High Atlas and the Anti-Atlas . Some of the Masmuda tribes went up in the Schlöh after the 12th century.

music and dance

When it comes to Berber music and dance, the Schlöh in particular are associated with it, since the Schlöh, similar to the Rifabyls and the Kabyls in Algeria, were able to preserve their Berber culture and many Berbers in North Africa were forcibly assimilated and Arabized due to Arab nationalism / pan-Arabism .

A well-known sound of the Schlöh is the single-stringed spit violin ribab . They also play the three-stringed plucked box-neck lute gimbri .

Others

Through a process of language transfer, the term chleuh became a derogatory term for the German people (cf. Boche ). This is usually explained by the fact that during the French conquest of Morocco there was initially a rivalry between France and the German Empire (see Agadir Crisis ), after which various Berber peoples offered violent resistance to the French. Members of the colonial troops returning to the motherland made the term popular there at the beginning of the 1930s, initially for German-speaking residents of the eastern border areas ( Alsace and Lorraine ), and later for Germans in general during the occupation during the Second World War . Today the term is no longer in use.

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