Where did Hasni perform in Oran Algeria

Hasni performed at weddings, concert halls and at outdoor concerts and cabarets and then when he left Oran,he performed at lots of different outside venues.

But there is one place Hasni performed that it very famous. It is called LA GUINGETTE and still exists today

Here is a video of the cabaret LA GUINGETTE. Please disable the jukebox on the side of my blog by pushing the stop button.



Cabarets in Oran are not exactly like discos in the USA.Its mostly a male based crowd and a place to meet male friends. Most women from Algeria do not go to cabarets because its really a party crowd and alot of the women who go to the cabarets are actually kind of on the fringes of society. They are primarily NOT family based or relationship based places. its a place for a guy to hang out and meet well lets say, um women to have fun with for a price.Its very hard for most western women to understand the cabaret concept because in the USA and in the west,nightlife is much more equitable and you are not exactly judged because you went to club. Cabaret life is not for the average family girl and most of the time if you end up there as a female, you are either prostituting or a merioula which means a girl with kind of low standards of where you hang out and not exactly the marrying type. Is it fair? From a western standpoing, completely unfair because men can easily go. But what if you are a female who likes listening to rai? You can go to a wedding or outside event. They even have womens only events. But a cabaret? NO.Not unless you wanted to be branded with a label or talked badly about.
There are some nightlife places like SUNHOUSE and the SHERATON ORAN and DJAOUHARA that are owned by Cheba Kheira and yes the last one is a cabaret but some Algerians who live outside freely go to them but its awfully hard to take your wife to a place where prostitution is going on, no matter how discreet.

One of the many mysteries to western people because we just really do not have an equivolent is really the cabaret. Its hard to really explain the concept to most Americans because if you are American and want to listen to a singer, you as a woman are not branded as loose for going there. Fair. From most western womens standpoint, I completely do not think so. Most any woman who liked rai if she saw a performer perform outside could go anywhere they want.