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The View From Fez was pleased to see one of our photographs used in a series featuring Fez and beyond

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In October the quiet market town of Tissa—a 30-mile, one-hour day trip from Fez—transforms into party central for the Tissa Horse Festival. There’s music, dancing, traditional eats, fancy tents, and copious quantities of mint tea, but the main event involves riders in colourful garb demonstrating their equestrian skills and the quality of their purebred Arab and barb stallions.

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Why You Need to Visit Fez in 20 Photos: Bloomberg Business

Bloomberg Business has published a great set of photos of Fez and surrounds entitled ~ Why You Need to Visit Fez in 20 Photos

Photographer: Benoit Demers/Flicker via Bloomberg

Photo: Sandy McCutcheon The View from Fez (riadzany.blogspot.com) via Bloomberg

The article and photographs collated by Nic McCormack, area fine photographic tribute to Morocco's spiritual, artistic and intellectual capital, Fez.

An authentic concoction of eighth-century Fez el Bali (Old Fez), the 13th-century Fez el Jdid (New Fez), and the 20th-century Ville Nouvelle (built by the French), the oldest of Morocco’s imperial cities has been playing second fiddle to jet-set Marrakesh for a while now. No more. A wave of luxury hotels and design-minded restorations of crumbling riads, as well as an innovative food scene, is enhancing its unique identity and putting it on the map even more. A new terminal at the Fes-Saïss Airport is due to increase visitor numbers five fold.  - Nic McCormack

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Moroccan Photo Essay: Tissa Horse Festival 2014

Our Moroccan photo essay of this year's Tissa Horse Festival is by John Horniblow, whose photographic work has been widely published, including in Time and National Geographic. He is the editor and publisher of Photojournale 

Every year in October a spectacular event is held in the small north Moroccan town of Tissa. Celebrated in remembrance of Sidi Muhammed Ben Lachen, a fifteenth century patron saint, the Tissa Horse Festival attracts hundreds of horse breeders and horse owners. They come to show off their beautifully groomed thoroughbreds, which are put through their paces in displays of remarkable horsemanship, echoing skills used in inter-tribal wars of previous centuries.

The horses that are brought here are of the finest breeding and include Arab-Berbers, Arab stallions and Barbary mares. Riders get the opportunity to display their horse’s capabilities in different events, exhibiting qualities such as grace, speed, manoeuvrability and endurance. Onlookers watch as lines of riders charge towards a fence at full belt, before pulling up suddenly and discharging their muskets.

All photos copyright John Horniblow. 

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