Morocco: Country with 100 Festivals - Morocco Travel Information

September 6, 2008

Morocco: Country with 100 Festivals


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By Akram Abdi

Often young Moroccan Ulkipkawiyeh today on its outlook for life, it seems young folks and lasting criticism or complaint, the conditions of social, political and cultural does not appeal, and ideas Legacy hinder it, and governments are aids in solving crises;, then, are just young people do not reflect the pessimism, As much as reveal hidden and rooted love for this life, are paid to dream and Sightliest better than them.

Youth is about sometimes, voraciously devour newspapers and magazines critical of local quench its thirst for revenge, reflecting mentally protest that gained the blessings and calm, but this does not mean that it is Trajdi tendencies, but also dreamed of recreation and entertainment for himself Kai social organism, dreams of real joy of living in each Walks of life, and what transpires in all around him, and not merely a transient joy, the joy of deep earthquake dreams of the interior, not just fun visual folkloric JAM eyes, without seeping into the depths.

Is the youth aspires to change, and the expression of this word and rhythm and movements, sincerely and deeply automatically, without any ideological backgrounds or worse, both at festivals or in the creations of art, music or film or play or plastic arts.

But is what provides it offers a creative and artistic and cultural express clearly on the conscience, and reflect the thinking and Mkhialh teamwork, and reinforcing its relationship to memory and heritage and cultural and civilized manner, or that they are no more than a mere decimal to the feelings of rebel, and we intend to rebel rioters ideas?

Something beautiful that radiate manifestations of joy and life all over the country, especially with the onset of summer, many cities stars shine s August, the Stars art, culture and cinema, fresh bronze objects, dancing to different rhythms, and find salvation from being only a dancing, singing and ascent into space To embrace the broad cross star, or perhaps burn the courtyard where, to forget the pangs of time and cleansing of evil everyday burdens. Festivals overcome them, singing popular music, on the basis of saying «I want the public», in the words of Egyptian brothers. Since it was difficult to put all segments of society in favour of one, as there was obsessed with categories such festivals, while there are other groups which are repugnant elite, it also seems difficult to put all the festivals in the hands of one, and also to spread injustice, and Watergate , And screaming in the face of all festivals without exception, arguing that it encourages Shoddiness and fluid, or an open culture, tackles the feelings of tourists, or the disposal of millions, and imported Western models foreign to us, and the virtues of foreign art, and finding local art.

Festivals true that there have been millions, reflecting the paradoxical situation of Morocco, while it spreads the red carpet for Hollywood stars in Marrakech International Film Festival, withdraw the table tenderness and life congratulations from under the feet to revive the role of tin is still with us on the hearts of its inhabitants. Despite the importance placed on this festival, in its radiance artistic and tourist world, has been a lot of criticism.

It is true that there are festivals wagered on the patterns of musical strange, alien, far from our identity, privacy and civilizational and cultural values, a festival of jazz in Rabat, Hip Hop Festival and the bolivar in Casablanca, and other festivals are also tackles the feelings of tourists, and works to Tseih Culture and Art Festival, donkeys, Lucknow Festival Photography and, yes, there are festivals brought artists and singers foreigners, and marginalized creative energies and talents of local, which has long complained that this injustice and exclusion, and Mota prepared for the local art, although the latter already suffers from deathbed, and the crisis continues between him and the public.

It is true that the manifestations of fluid and platitudes accompany some of these festivals, both in the quality of songs by, or in the general atmosphere in which he made, and those who did not sow these festivals, to the extent of the crisis for a specified time, and created space off him, and instead attach the drug phenomenon, and other Phenomena on the wrong tree festival, incumbent upon us to think deeply on these dangerous pests rampant in our society, from the standpoint of sociological as an inevitable result of imbalance social, political and cultural year, and not long stand at the threshold of this kind of festivals and which will disappear, such as the influence of drugs, without To fill that vacuum, spiritual and psychological, or to leave a positive impact makes us rethink with us, but will be fun passing ephemeral sedition immediately, without the inseparability of the abused.

But at the same date, there are festivals, albeit rare, bet on the tunes time and heritage, Fes Festival of sacred music, although the disposal of it, too, substantial funds, but the quality of this festival paper had pre-emption when the Moroccan national, and even foreign tourists, Festival of Marrakech as well as popular music, festival Tarab Granada, the festival backyard, Ahidos, Obeidat shooting, and music festival Sahara; festivals reflect the diversity and rich cultural Moroccan. And film festivals, films were genuinely Sirorh Moroccan society and professional, some festivals such as the National Film Moroccan ..

There is also the oldest cultural festival in Morocco, bet on culture and art to serve local development, it comes here, b «genuine cultural season of the annual International». The significance of this festival to be entrenched in the soil of the Moroccan culture since 1978 until today, which is celebrating the thirtieth anniversary this year, including the boom in the last three decades of achievements, cultural, artistic and developmental large, reflect what can make art for the development and rehabilitation of the city, culturally and technically The residential and tourism. A festival format, in fact, the first reference to other festivals, emerged after it, without being able to give, or be annulled, because they, quite simply, bet on coexistence and fluid, more than industry interest in taste and culture of conscience and the liberation of thought and art. Just think only this path of intellectual, artistic, who built an original season, over thirty years of attendance and impact, spread, and received attention and interest from local, Arab and international remarkable, so we can see how important it was still enjoyed by genuine international cultural season, either Before segments of intellectuals and thinkers, writers and artists, from different continents of the globe, or the part of senior politicians and statesmen, who do they do Hajj to the original, to attend sessions of the cultural season, and participate in its activities and forums, has become a genuine cultural season with a parliament of an international dialogue and communication and difference in space Of freedom, transparency and acceptance of opinion and the other opinion, which is what makes him unique experience today, has become an example for some countries and other cities, both within and outside of Morocco, although it appeared that season remains a genuine international cultural experience is difficult, if not impossible less hard.

But these festivals foregoing, in spite of lapses and all the hype around it arises, it carries with it a brighter social and economic breakthrough for static this city or that, by recovering economic sectors, and traditional occupations, and products and trade, and development of its infrastructure during the festival, so they look City generally bright for the guests.

Even if «I want the public», there is no way to abide by the wishes always, then disembark, but the Ministry of Culture and all civil society associations, especially those which deal with cultural affairs in our country, that transcends the public to taste and beauty worlds, and give him an art art , Stemming from the subsoil and depth of civilization, and the module unveils his memory and cultural and artistic heritage, to open an outlet open from under the debris is holding, and return to our homeland, Bahaa gently and generously, far from the noise and random.

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