The history of festivals in Morocco goes back to the 1960s particularly at the time of the launch of the Marrakesh National Festival of Popular Arts which celebrates, every year in July, traditional music and dance, with a specific topic for each edition.
Festivities take place in all main crossroads of the city: El Badii place, Jamâa El Fna, Royal Theatre and Harti Place.
Deep Moroccan rhythms, dances and songs… one of the various aspects of an old oral tradition which managed to survive with the passing years and accurately translated the originality and diversity of popular arts in Morocco throughout ages.
A multifaceted culture where ancient and new choreography, melodies and rhythms get mixed. Echoes of a collective memory where people recognize and react by the expression of the body, voice and the borrowed sound – most of the time – at the rhythm of the daily life. Being the support of myth and a certain vision of the world, the rhythm is not only a sign of life; it is the bearer of cultural messages. Generations succeed but rhythms remain eternal. Every edition celebrates a different theme. The fortieth held in 2005 chose as theme the “magic of popular dances and choreography “.
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