NOT KNOWN FACTUAL STATEMENTS ABOUT ZAR MUSIC

Many of those names most likely finally derive within the Arabic term for Satan, and many refer to the possessing spirits as "winds" (pepo in Swahili, iska in Hausa, and naturally, reeh in Arabic), who are representations of human foreigners that bring about ailment.The dancing is known as gurri, the victory dance with the zār. The actions betray