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 the name for an Iraqi poetic, musical style and its accompanying expressive dance.This poetic, musical and dance tradition originated in the North of Iraq but now is mostly popular in Southern Iraq, especially in the Roma or Gypsy communities of Iraq known as Kawliya, which is also the name of the accompanying dance.