Spotkania kultur w krajach Maghrebu
Encounters of Cultures in the Maghreb Countries

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents Maghreb with its Mediterranean countries as a meeting place facilitating contacts with great civilisations and religions. Culture encounters have been taking place in different dimensions and contexts since medieval times. The text outlines relations at the language level (Berberic/Arabic/French); it also touches upon the influence of Andalusian and Ottoman music on local rhythms, and the specificity of Tunisian, Algerian and Moroccan cuisine tastes. Another special dimension of culture discussed hereby is the one presented by the people born in Algeria with French or European roots, described as Pied-noirs (Black Foot). Their traces prove the crossbreeding of specific Mediterranean cultures.

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