Walt Disney World has announced that the North African band Ribab Fusion is replacing B’net Al Houwariyate at Epcot’s Morocco pavilion.
As described on their website, Ribab Fusion celebrates Morocco’s Amazigh (Berber) culture as it flies from ‘70s-style funk to Afropop dance vibes, from slow jams to high-energy call-and-responses choruses. The one-stringed bowed ribab weaves all the madcap diversity together, sometimes gritty, sometimes soothing as a well-played sax. It’s a jazzy mix that wows technically and sets people celebrating.
The group will perform Wednesday through Sunday until January 2 2016.