Raï d aẓawan n Dzayer i d-yekkan seg tama n umalu, seg Wahran d Sidi Bel Abbès d tɣiwanin n Oranie. Isem-is yettwafham am “rra’y”, tamuɣli neɣ awal n win i yebɣan ad yini ayen yellan deg tudert-is.
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Deg tazwara, Raï yella yeqqen ɣer lmelḥun, ɣer ccna n yimeksawen, ɣer tmeɣriwin d tegnatin n tmetti. Ttwasnen wallalen am gasba, guellal, derbouka d bendir; mbeɛd kecmen accordion, lviolon, trompette, guitare d wallalen ilektruniyen.
Ay d-yerran Raï d aẓawan i yettwafen sdat n medden d awal-is. Icennu ɣef tayri, tilelli, lɣerba, lḥif d leqdar n tmetti. UNESCO tenna-d belli Raï d abrid n usenfali ɣef tilawt war tugdi n yisental.
Cheikha Rimitti
Cheikha Rimitti, seg tama n Sidi Bel Abbès, d yiwet seg tiɣriwin i yefkan i Raï udem-is aqdim d amaynut. Tecna s ṣṣerḥa, ɣef yisental i ttaggaden medden ad d-ttwabedren.
Ur telli ara d nettat kan i d-yernan Raï, maca tesɛa amkan ameqqran deg wamek i yebda ccna-a ad yili d awal n tilelli.
Wahran d lkassit
Deg yiseggasen 1970 d 1980, Wahran tuɣal d amkan anda Raï yettbeddil. Kecmen synthétiseur, batterie électrique, guitare d trompette. Lkassit tettazal seg ufus ɣer ufus, deg suq, deg tmeɣriwin, deg yixxamen.
Cheb d Cheba, am Khaled, Cheb Mami, Cheb Hasni, Cheb Sahraoui d Cheba Fadela, fkan i Raï ṣṣut n yilemẓiyen.
Seg Dzayer ɣer umaḍal
Aseggas 1985, festival n Raï deg Wahran yella d tegnit n uɛqal s wudem unṣib. Mbeɛd, Raï yuɣal yettɛeddi ɣer Fransa d tmura nniḍen, s yimɣaren d yilemẓiyen n diaspora.
Ass-a Raï yezmer ad yemlil d rap, pop, reggae neɣ électro. Maca ma yella yeqqim yesɛa lǧehd, d imi ara d-yini awal s ṣṣerḥa.
Acuɣer mazal yettidir
Deg 2022, UNESCO tesmed Raï deg tebdart n tgelda tadelsant ur nettwammal ara n umdan. Ayagi d aɛqal belli Raï mazal d aẓawan yeddren, mačči d taɣawsa n muze.