The folklore of the Sahara has a considerable variety in the styles of rhythms, melodies and customs. Variety which is closely related to geographical realities and tribal settlements. The guedra is a dance without moving, punctuated by a drum clay.The art of dancing lies in its movements of arms and hands. It can be interpreted by single women, two women or a woman and a child. It is a trance dance movements based simple. The dancer wears a haik blue, waves hands in several directions. On the outskirts of the trance, she performs convulsive movements of the head, swinging her braids on either side. The fingers draw patterns that symbolize a mysterious language that merges into the vast desert. His musical setting is composed of a small group of men with a two run a steady pace, slapping a pottery. The dance is performed by a woman in the middle of the singing group. She is kneeling, wrapped in a blue cloth, and runs from the head and hands of the frenzied rhythm of the 'warrior'. This dance begins with hand gestures to the four direction (North, South, East and West) and then to the elements: heaven (up), earth (down), wind (outside) and water (lowering) . The traditional dress of women is essential to dance. This is a haik formed a large piece of cloth and held by two terminals with a long chain draped between. The "guedra" pot in Arabic, is named as the drum is manufactured by stretching a skin goat on this cookware. It is a dance of blessing expensive Berbers South, which is also found in other parts of the Sahel.
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