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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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and trips to all festivals in Morocco
