Jilala

[1] The rituals of Jilala ranging the dhikr and invocation of marabouts and jinns, just like the other tranche confraternity of Morocco (Gnawa, Hmadsha and Aissawa).

It is thought that if the therapy is not renewed, the sick or possessed the same symptoms recur at the approach of the date corresponding to the first crisis.

The participants in the rituals, especially women,[4] falling into a trance (hal), dancing wildly (jadba or jedba) to the rhythm of flutes and bendir.

The Jilala have spread throughout Morocco (excluding Western Sahara), especially in the north and in the region of the city of Casablanca.

[3] There are similarities between the rituals of Jilala and other therapeutic-Moroccan musical groups with the phenomenon of Italian tarantism, for example the release and wild dance, the fact that the therapy has to be renewed each year, the fact that healers are musicians, and it gives a therapeutic value to the colors, the music and dance.

A group of Jilala musicians the beginning of 20th century.
A group of Jilala musicians of the city of Fez in 1994. In the external links are available some recordings of the repertoire of the brotherhood made by Jilala of Fes.