The beginning of 45th edition of the Kelaat M'gouna Rose Festival was attended by almost 20,000 people in the town 500km south of Rabat.The three-day festival, which coincides with traditional rose-picking ritual and rose-distillation, kicked off with the coronation of Miss Rose.
The emblematic rosa damascina was the order of the day, as the sign of love and life in the heart of the beautiful Dades Gorges. "We come every year to discover a new taste of life," said a French visitor who came exclusively to attend the festival.
Although this year's harvest is less abundant than before, the local population holds big hopes of a bountiful year, especially after the increase of the price of a kilo of roses to one dollar. Still, the market rules. "We think that other companies could pay more than one dollar a kilo, but it is hard to reach them, because of monopoly," said a local.
The floral festival will also feature numerous events notably a chariots procession, folk-dancing and singing, handcraft exhibitions and banquets.
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