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Folk music is primarily distinguished by several styles.

Bedouin music is characterized by the poetic songs that interpret the pastoralists in the area of the Highlands.

It is based on of long kacida ( poems ) single rhyme and the monotonous sound of the flute.

In general this music focuses on themes in love, religious and epic.

Among the great performers, there is Khelifi Ahmed and Abdelhamid Ababsa Rahab Tahar.

Kabyle music is based on a rich repertoire that is poetry and old tales passed through generations.

Some songs address the theme of exile, love and politics, among others.

Great performers are: Cheikh El Hasnaoui, Slimane Azem, Aït Menguellet, Idir, Kamel Messaoudi, Lounès Matoub or even Takfarinas.

Shawiya music is a folklore diverse areas of the aurès mountains.

Traditional music is well represented by many Aurassian singers.

The first singers who have had international success are Aissa Jermouni ( he sung at the Olympia in 1937 ) 307 and Ali Khencheli.

Rahaba music style is unique to the Aures.

Souad Massi is a becoming famous Algerian singer of traditional songs.

Other Algerian singers of the diaspora include Manel Filali in Germany and Kenza Farah in France. Cheb Hasni an emblematic figure for the Algerian youth, killed by Algerian civil war | terrorists in 1993