A "Ghariba" story from the Amazigh heritage
: A "Ghariba" story from the Amazigh heritage
“Ghariba” is the daughter of an old man and the sister of five children who is the eldest of them. She used to go to the forest every day to bring firewood and food for her little sisters and her old father. In this forest there lives a fierce and cunning beast. It goes to the village at night to kidnap and devour the children. The old father and daughter agreed."Ghariba" to return every day before sunset, and when she reaches the door of her house, she must knock three ways and then rattle her bracelets, so that her father will know that the one at the door is his daughter, "Ghariba". Ghariba goes out every day and returns to her house and does what she agreed upon with her father. She reaches the door, knocks three ways, and her father approaches the door, rattling with her bracelets, so the old man knows that she is his daughter.The door opens for her, and her younger brothers run to embrace her, rejoicing at the return of their older sister and what she has brought for them from what she found in the forest.
One day, a "Ghariba" went out to the forest as usual, she spent her day collecting food and firewood, and before sunset she was strange to return, so she realized that she had lost her bracelets while looking for the household needs, she was looking for her bracelets throughout the forest, so time took her and she did not realize that it was dark, and when she realized that She hurried home crying, afraid of the atmosphere of the forest during the night. A stranger arrived at her door. I knocked on the three agreed-upon roads. The old father approached the door. She became strange, talking to him and telling him what had happened. I'm strange, but here's my voice talking to you, open the door please
Before the forest beast attacked me, the father refused while crying and said to her, "Forgive me, I can't open for you. Perhaps the beast imitates your voice. Your little brothers here will eat them if you open the door." Because she did not abide by what they agreed upon and did not return before sunset, she remained outside, afraid and sad, until the beast of the forest came and ate her. On this story, the wonderful song “Ghariba” was composed by her old father, Afanova. The song tells in a sad voice the story of the girl who was eaten by a monster because she did not abide by her father's commandments
