acacia wood.

Music producer Mehdi Bennacer said that with interest in the Tuareg music around the world, popularized in part by the desert blues group Tinariwen, he hopes the imzad will survive. There is another traditional group called Imzad, whose music is on YouTube.

“The search for one's origins won't ever end,” Mr. Bennacer told AhramOnline. “The sound of the imzad will live on.”

Hear Ms. Alamine play the imzad, accompanied by a traditional singer, in this video:

Featured image: A traditional imzad instrument, made by local craftswomen and played only by women. Source: CCTV video screenshot

By Mark Millerconsequence of governor Miguel Antonio de Ustariz's return to the Peninsula following his physical indisposition, a permanent replacement would be, in effect, Field Marshal Ramón de Castro, owing to the sudden death in Mexico of the Crown's original choice, Brigadier General Enrique de Grimarest, which occurred after his appointment but before he could assume the post. During his interimships Torralbo dealt with the consequences of the ongoing French Revolution, especially through its manifestations on the neighboring French colonies of Saint Domingue and Martinique. After retiring Torralbo spent the remainder of his life in Puerto Rico and was buried in the Chapel of San Vicente Ferrer of the Convent of the Predicators in San Juan.

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External links
Puerto Rico Encyclopedia 
Genealogical Study (in Spanish) 
Familias de Cabo Rojo 

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