Moaxaja definition
Ibn Bassam (Dajira, 1147)
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The interconnection
between both sides of the border was nothing new; in fact,
Christianity had always been present in Al-Andalus. Testimonials
of this coexistence are the zejel and the mozarabic jarcha,
defined by the dictionary of the Real Academia Española
de la Lengua, as "traditional song, often a ballad,
with which from Andalusia, Arabs or Hebrew poets ended their
moaxajas (poetic compositions)".
