"Amazigh and Andalusia" ~ The Fez Festival of Amazigh Culture

The Fez Festival of Amazigh Culture is at its 9th Edition and this year has the theme: "Amazigh and Andalusia". The festival takes place at the Palais des Congres with concerts at Bab Al Makina and Jardin Lalla Meryem

Amazigh women performing at last year's Amazigh Festival (photo: Sandy McCutcheon)

The Fez Festival of Amazigh culture returns in beautiful form. From July 5 to 7 Fez will be transformed into a city where singers and poets from various regions of the Kingdom and from friendly countries are invited to participate in the festivities of this great cultural event.

Organized under the High Patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI at the initiative of the Spirit of Fes Foundation, the North South Centre and Fez-Saiss Association, the fusion between debate, song and poetry is designed to advocate cultural diversity, preserve its authenticity and promote this rich heritage.

This edition is organized in partnership with the Region of Fez Boulemane, the City Council, the Royal Institute of Amazigh Culture, BMCE Foundation and Maroc Telecom, with the participation this year of several countries including Spain, Algeria, France and Italy.

It will be marked by the tribute which will be paid to Mr. Abdeslam Ahizoune, CEO of Maroc Telcom for his remarkable contribution to the revival of Amazigh and Moroccan culture in general. It will also be marked by the participation of well-known poets from Morocco and Europe, such as Mohamed Mestaoui, Ali Amran, or Abdelaziz Stati who will be honored by the festival as well.

The program this year includes an international congress on the role of the Amazigh component in Andalusia and its impact on migration, as well as writing workshops, music performances, poetry readings and the presentation of two works by 2M award-winners in the last literary competition, namely Mustapha Mellou: Tiwtmin yufn urgzn (novella) and Sanae Zahid Khabbach Id: Talalit Izwarn (Poetry). The program also includes exhibitions of works of art, of Amazigh Moroccan carpets and handicrafts.

Fatima Tihihit

The festival will be a stream of music, dance and songs, Najat Atabou, Abdelaziz Stati, Ali Amran Algeria, Flamingo Tablao of Catalogna Cataldo Perri Italy, Fatima Tihihit, Najmat Rif Ahidous Mgouna and others will illuminate Fassi nights through 20 concerts taking place on the legendary stage of the Bab Makina and Lalla Amina Garden.

Abdelaziz Stati

In addition to the exhibition of works of art by Khadija Madani, Jamal Boutayeb Abderrahim Hassani, Yassine Bouriaz, Cherki Ali and Hassan Attifi, the program features a play in Amazigh titled "Who are you and what did you do?" by Mohamed Dasser and a writing workshop with the French writer Jean-Marie Simon.

The Fez Festival of Amazigh Culture, which has now become a major annual cultural event, aims to enhance the values of tolerance and brotherhood/sisterhood and promote the Amazigh culture and opens, as usual, its scenes of traditional music to the young musicians from North Africa and the Mediterranean region. This festival is also working to consolidate the development process, the values of peace, dialogue and social cohesion.

Programme

Festival de la Culture Amazighe

The public are welcome to attend concerts, interact with speakers and world-class experts and to participate in discussions.

There is no entry fee and entry to all concerts is free. For those of you who come from outside of Fez, the organisers can help you get a reduced hotel price or shelter rates.







July 5th
PALAIS DES CONGRES
Congrès Mondial sur “Amazighité et Andalousie »
Ouverture : 16 :00 - 18 :30 -OUVERTURE
-HOMMAGE A ABDESLAM AHIZOUN
-PREMIERE SEANCE DU CONGRES

JARDIN LALLA MERYEM
19 :00 - 21 :00 - AHIDOUS KALAAT MGOUNA (Maroc)
-MAJID MOURAD (Maroc)

BAB MAKINA
21 :30 - 23 :30 - AHIDOUS KALAAT MGOUNA (Maroc)
- NAJAT ATABOU (Maroc)

July 6th
PALAIS DES CONGRES
Congrès Mondial sur “Amazighité et Andalousie »
9 :00 - 14 :00
17:00- 18:30
-TRAVAUX DU CONGRES ET DEBATS

-ATELIER D’ECRITURE
-projection de film « Explusion 1609 La Tragédie de Morisque

JARDIN LALLA MERYEM
19 :00 - 21 :00 - Group Kwasser (Maroc)
- ALI AMRANE (Algérie)

BAB MAKINA
21 :30 - 23 :30 - Groupe Kwasser (Maroc)
- Fatima Raissi Tihihit Banou

July 7th
PALAIS DES CONGRES
Congrès Mondial sur “Amazighité et Andalousie »
9 :00 - 13 :30 -TRAVAUX DU CONGRES ET DEBATS
-ATELIER DE L'ALPHABET TIFINAGH
- LECTURE DE POESIE

JARDIN LALLA MERYEM
19 :00 - 21 :00 - FLAMINGO (Espagne) : Fès-Andalousie
- Najmat Rif (Maroc)

BAB MAKINA
21 :30 - 23 :30 -Ahidous Tahla
- ABDELAZIZ STATI (Maroc)


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