Hacha'a

Hach'a, also written as Hacha or Hachaa or Hechea (from Iraqi Arabic هَچَع meaning "lying down"), with or without the Arabic definite article Al- or El-, is an Iraqi folk poetic, musical, and dance performance style (tawr). This tradition originated in northern and central Iraq (Samarra, Mosul, Tikrit) and spread to southern Iraq after World War I, where it became especially popular in the Roma (Kawliya) community, which is also the name of the accompanying dance.