Fondée au XVIè siècle par Sidi Mohamed Ben Aïssa, cette confrérie religieuse se rattache au soufisme. Son centre spirituel (zaouia) principal se trouve à Meknes où son fondateur est enterré. Elle est présente dans tout le Maroc à travers ses zaouias secondaires mais également dans tout le Maghreb. Les adeptes de cette confrérie s'adonnent, après initiation auprès d'un maître, à la pratique individuelle de l'ascèse et à des rituels collectifs animés par des instruments de musique. Le rituel des Aïssaoua comporte des litanies et des poèmes chantés notamment le dikr et la hadra qui donnent lieu à des danses et à des transes extatiques. Les instruments qui accompagnent le rituel des Aïssaoua sont : des tambourins cylindriques à une seule membrane (bendir), en tambour à double membrane (t'bal) et des hautbois (ghaïta).
Founded in XVIè century by Sidi Mohammed Ben Aïssa, this religious brotherhood is attached to the Sufism. Its spiritual center (zaouia) principal is in Meknes where its founder is buried. She is present in all Morocco through her zaouias secondary but also in all Maghreb. The followers of this brotherhood devote themselves, after initiation near a Master, to the individual practice of the asceticism and ritual collectives animated by musical instruments. The ritual of Aïssaoua comprises litanies and poems sung in particular the dikr and will hadra it which give place to dances and extatic fright. The instruments which accompany the ritual by Aïssaoua are: cylindrical tambourines with only one membrane (to bendir), out of drum with double membrane (you ball) and oboes (ghaïta).
Founded in XVIè century by Sidi Mohammed Ben Aïssa, this religious brotherhood is attached to the Sufism. Its spiritual center (zaouia) principal is in Meknes where its founder is buried. She is present in all Morocco through her zaouias secondary but also in all Maghreb. The followers of this brotherhood devote themselves, after initiation near a Master, to the individual practice of the asceticism and ritual collectives animated by musical instruments. The ritual of Aïssaoua comprises litanies and poems sung in particular the dikr and will hadra it which give place to dances and extatic fright. The instruments which accompany the ritual by Aïssaoua are: cylindrical tambourines with only one membrane (to bendir), out of drum with double membrane (you ball) and oboes (ghaïta).
