Festivals and Celebrations in Morocco

Festival of Sufi Culture in Fez Morocco
Sufism and Human Development in Morocco
17 April to 24 April 2010

Imilchil Betrothal Festival in Morocco
The Ancient Tradition of Tribal Marriage Fair in Morocco
Sep 19-to Oct 1,2010

The Fez Festival of World Sacred Music
World Class Festival for Sacred Music Performances
 
June 1 to June 15, 2010


 
 

In June, 2010 travelers from all over the world will meet in the holy city of Fez Morocco, for the 16th Annual World Sacred Music Festival, where leading musicians of world caliber will share sacred music from the spiritual traditions of both East & West.

Join in the spirit of this unique multi-cultural event and experience the beauty and majesty of the world's most moving spiritual music in Morocco.

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<>Fes Sufi Culture Festival
Fez, April 18 to 25, 2010

Brainchild of Sufi scholar, Faouzi Skali, the 3rd annual Fes Festival of Sufi Culture will be held from 18-25 April. The program promises some fascinating discussion topics and superb concerts, including various Sufi brotherhoods from Morocco and Algeria, and the Egyptian master, Cheikh Ahmad al-Tuni.
The conference and workshops will be held in the Bouanania Medersa, and all the concerts in the Batha Museum.

Mawazine Festival Rhythms of the world, Pop Music
Rabat, May 15 to 23
This by far the largest and most popular in Morocco.  World class artists of every culture in our planet.

32 nd Plastic arts and world ethnic music festival
Asilah, August,  artists from around the world and ethnomusiclogists gather in a 2 weeks festival to transform the whole town of Asilah to a beautiful palette, and an ethnomusical world village.

Film Festivals in Morocco,
Marrakech, December / Tangier, October / Tetouan, March-April / Casablanc, March

Festival of popular, nomadic music
Agadir, July 2010
Tribal music, Singers Dancers and Drummers from around the world

Jazz music festival Tanjazz
Tanjier, May 2010, the best beyond any comments.

Gnawa Festival
Essaouira, June 25 to 28, 2010.  Most authentic ritualistic music in the world. 

Wax Lantern Festival  ('Mawkib Esh Shomouaa)
Rabat-Sale/Eve of Mouloud in Commemoration of City Saint Sidi Abdellah Ben Hassoun
the town's patron to implore his protection before a long voyage. This tradition has become a beautiful and entertaining event.

Rose Festival
Kelaa of M’Gouna (Ourzazate Province)/Mid-May.
In this grandiose setting, the day is marked by numerous events like folk-dancing and singing, handicrafts exhibitions, ‘Diaffa’-banquets in tents, flower-decked floats, the election of Miss Rose, camel-rides and Fantasia Horse Display Show between Tribes of the region.

Cherry Festival

<>Sefrou (the Fez Province)/June June. 
<>A three-days’ festival of entertainment full of numerous sporting competitions, a torch-light procession, fairground and finally the election of Miss Cherry with a parade by her cortege.

Olive Festival

Ghafsai (Fez Province) /Mid-December.
A very pretty festival where one can see the traditional olive-picking ceremony, numerous 'Diaffa' feasts and folklore events in a surprisingly vast area of olive groves.

Honey Festival

Imouzer of Ida Ou Tanane (Agadir Province)/ In the beginning of May (Early May).
Honey harvesting and display from most remote area of South West of Morocco where tha Argan Tree grows.  This is considered to be the Oldest and and Most ancient area of collective Beehives in the world. 

Festival of Fiances

Imilchil Moussem/ 4th Week in September.
Imilchl is a small high Atlas village at an altitude of 8,430 feet. For the young men and girls of the area, it is a tradition from Neolithic time still survive in it authentic traditional setting for young men and women to get married and for the elderly Nomadic tribesmen to get to exchange pasturage grazing valleys as the should be rotatted for next season.  The Betrothal Festival is staged on the site of the tomb of the old wise man, who is venerated in the High Atlas. It is a time for some 30,000 people from the mountains to assemble in tents for three festive days with their flocks, horses and camels. It is an occasion for the young girls to wear and show their finery, and their sumptuous silver jewelry and to dance the day and night away under the sun and the stars.

Date Festival

Erfoud/Early October.
This magnificent festival is held annually in the Erfoud area where nearly a million date-palms grow. There is grown a wide range of types of dates. Take for instance the majestic palm-tree, waving lazily in the warm breeze providing shade and a livelihood. The peasants who cultivate them rely on them for almost everything.

Horse Festival

Tissa (the Fez Province)/October.

The picturesque center of Tissa, located a few miles off the main road in the Fez province, is the site of a gigantic competition between the various horse breeds. Every year in October, hundreds of riders assemble wearing their finery to present their mounts. Prize-giving and festivities create a very animated scene.

Festival of Fantasia (el Khayyala)

Meknes/Beginning of September.
This event offers thousands of horsemen and their mounts a chance to meet and display their skills. This festival has become a huge success.

Porcelin Festival
Tissa/Ending of September.
This event is dedicated 100% to porcelin dolls, china jewlry, and other porcelin items. There will be demenstrations of how porcelin objects are made, painting  porcelin, engraving porcelin, and other porcelin activities.

Camel Fair of Goulmim
Goulmim, July the largest sub saharan caravan gathering in Goulmim  nomad trade fair.

Hassani song writing and poems music Festival
Laayoune - Tantan,  November/December World Nostalgia of Hassani literature.

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