%0 Journal Article
%T Le statut socio-¨¦conomique de la pratique musicale aux ¨¦mirats arabes unis : la tradition du leiwah ¨¤ Dubai
%A Maho£¿M. Sebiane
%J Chroniques Y¨¦m¨¦nites
%D 2007
%I 
%X Le leiwah est une tradition musicale afro-arabe, qui s¡¯est diffus¨¦e dans le Golfe Persique ¨¤ partir de l¡¯Afrique de l¡¯Est par l¡¯interm¨¦diaire des marchands omanais. A Dubai, le leiwah est interpr¨¦t¨¦ principalement lors des mariages des diff¨¦rentes communaut¨¦s de la ville (b¨¦douins, baloutches, ¡®ajam), ainsi que lors des comm¨¦morations, les f¨ºtes nationales et les festivit¨¦s commerciales. Il est pratiqu¨¦ par les membres de ces communaut¨¦s, de mani¨¨re semi-professionnelle, plus particuli¨¨rement par certains   baloutches  , au sein de structures associatives, les   Associations d¡¯arts populaires  . Anciennement non r¨¦mun¨¦r¨¦e, cette pratique est aujourd¡¯hui au centre d¡¯une activit¨¦ ¨¦conomique hautement concurrentielle entre les ensembles musicaux et les associations qui les abritent. Ce ph¨¦nom¨¨ne r¨¦cent dans le contexte urbain, culturel et social de Dubai permet d'¨¦clairer le statut des musiciens dans la soci¨¦t¨¦ et dans l'¨¦conomie ¨¦miratie, en pleine mutation par rapport au mod¨¨le traditionnel qui ¨¦tait encore en vigueur il y a quarante ans. Socio-Economic Status of Practicing Music in the United Arab Emirates: the Tradition of Leiwah in DubaiLeiwah is an Afro-Arabic musical tradition wide spread in the Persian Golf which came into this region from East Africa by way of Omani merchants. In Dubai, leiwah is performed principally at marriages within the different communities of the city (Bedouins, Balouches, ¡®ajam), as well as at anniversaries, National Day celebrations and commercial festivals. It is practiced by amateurs among the members of these communities, especially by some of the   Balouchis   within such associations as ¡®the Associations of Popular Arts¡¯. Though this kind of activity was not remunerated in the past, it is presently at the center of a high economic competition between various music bands and the associations which harbor them. This recent phenomenon in Dubai¡¯s urban, cultural and social life clearly shows that the status of the musicians in the society and economy of the Emirates is in a process of transformation as compared to the traditional model which was common some forty years ago.
%U http://cy.revues.org/pdf/1498