Algeria – CRESPIAF

Water measurers

Inscribed in 2018 at UNESCO Water measurers (Keyalin al-ma) are responsible for water sharing and distribution among the different owners through...

Inscribed in 2022 Raï, a popular Algerian song, is played, sung and danced in the Great West of the country and touches on topics of social life...

Inscribed in 2021 at UNESCO Arabie saoudite – Algérie – Bahreïn – Égypte – Iraq – Jordanie – Koweït – Liban – Mauritanie – Maroc – Oman –...

Inscribed in 2020 at UNESCO Algérie, Mauritanie, Maroc et Tunisie Couscous is a pan Maghreban dish made from the transformation of creals (wheat...

Inscribed in 2015 Every year, the Zenata communities in the south-west Algerian Sahara visit mausoleums of saints to commemorate the birth of...

Inscribed in 2013 to UNESCO Every year , the nomad and sedentary Sufi communities undertake a piligrimage to the mausoleum at el Abiodh Sidi...

Inscribed in 2012 at UNESCO The wedding ritual of Tlemcen in northwesten Algeria starts as the bride’s parents’ home where she dons a...

Inscribed in 2008 at UNESCO The Ahellil is a poetic and musical genre emblematic of the zenets of Gourara in Southwestern Algeria. It is executed...

Inscribed in 2013 on UNESCO Algérie – Mali – Niger Imzad music is a characterstics feature of tuareg communities and is performed by woman on a...

Inscribed in 2014 at UNESCO The ritual and the ceremonies of the Sebeiba are held during tend ays by two communities living in Djanet during the...