Mauritania lies at the point were African and Arab culture meet, this gives the country a special, unique, and unorthodox type of culture. Mauritanian culture and tradition is over whelmed with games and dances and music that one would enjoy.
First Example of a tradition would be "Aneigour" and it is a traditional dance rather than a game, it is preformed by a stick and it needs great skill and experience. people who preform this dance are invited to weddings and ceremonies, and they get a good amount of money. As men dance the game women clap and yell and as it gets faster the crowed gets louder.
The next video shows men preforming the dance.
First Example of a tradition would be "Aneigour" and it is a traditional dance rather than a game, it is preformed by a stick and it needs great skill and experience. people who preform this dance are invited to weddings and ceremonies, and they get a good amount of money. As men dance the game women clap and yell and as it gets faster the crowed gets louder.
The next video shows men preforming the dance.
Mauritania's tradtional music is a unique mixture between the African and the Arabian melody and that offers great rhythm and flexibility for the composer or the singer to make what ever they desire in addition to their signature on it.
Now one can't speak of Mauritania music without mentioning the great and only Mauritanian legend Dimi Mint Abba. She started her career in 1970 and she became famous in Mauritania. but then in 1976 she won a singing competition in Tunis. People enjoyed her voice around not only in Mauritania but in a lot of African and Arab countries. devastating for most Mauritania, but also today people still listen to her great music that has and will always survive.
Now one can't speak of Mauritania music without mentioning the great and only Mauritanian legend Dimi Mint Abba. She started her career in 1970 and she became famous in Mauritania. but then in 1976 she won a singing competition in Tunis. People enjoyed her voice around not only in Mauritania but in a lot of African and Arab countries. devastating for most Mauritania, but also today people still listen to her great music that has and will always survive.
As mentioned earlier. Mauritania is the point were cultures meet, that has effected the food in a great way. The main diet in Mauritania is rice, but Mauritanians have a lot of different ways in changing those white grains into fascinating dishes. One famous recipe in Mauritania is Mahfe, the way this dish is conducted is by cocking any kind of meat into peanut sauce, the way Mauritanians make the peanut sauce in my crushing the peanuts until they release their oil, after meat is fully mingled with the meat, it is mixed with tomato paste and ground okra. After that the mixture is poured on top of white thoroughly cocked rice.
Another meal that Mauritania is famous for is Thieboudienne. It's basically rice, fish, sweet potato and some other vegetables. The specific way of making it is putting the fish in a sauce made of onions, tomatoes, and pepper. The fish is then placed on the rice. A lot of people eat this meal every day, as fish is always available. Like a lot of the other dishes, Thieboudienne originally came from Senegal.
Mauritanian traditional tea called (Attay), is somehow addictive, it is a delicious mixture of green tea and mint. People of all ages drink it in Mauritania, as older people drink it normally the little once can either pour milk on it, or pour the tea its self on bread. Wife prepares the tea for the husband and most of the time it symbolizes love and the bond between them.