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| Festivals Edit This Travel to Morocco Travel to Morocco www.travel-tomorocco.com Traditional Handicrafts Festival, Sponsored by Peace Corps Zagora/May 24-27th Zagora is the first main city on the way to the Sahara Desert. Artisans from all over Morocco will be traveling to Zambia to show their products - ranging from wood carvings, traditional silver jewelry, Moroccan Silk handwoven hammocks, embroidery, to pottery decorated with henna. There are many beautiful hotels nestled in the palmary where one can relax by the pool between outings. Almond Blossom Festival Tafraout/2nd Week in February The Tafraout Valley, where almond-trees reign supremely, is enchanting to the eye at blossom time. Ranging from immaculate to blushing pink, the blooms do not last for a very long time. This brief existence makes them even more attractive, drawing more and more visitors to face this spectacle. Wax Lantern Festival Sale/Eve of Mouloud The white town of Sale, twin sister of Rabat on the Bouregreg estuary, has preserved one of Morocco's most picturesque traditions; the wax lantern procession or 'Mawkib Esh Shomouaa'. The procession is said to date back to the Barbary period in Sale, when the Corsairs carried wax lanterns in procession to the sanctuary of Sidi Abdallah Ben Hassoun, the town's patron to implore his protection before a long voyage. This tradition has become a beautiful and entertaining event. Rose Festival Kelaa of M’Gouna (Ourzazate Province)/Mid-May In this grandiose setting, the day is marked by numerous events like folk-dancing and singing, handicrafts exhibitions, ‘Diffa’-banquets in tents, flower-decked floats, the election of Miss Rose, camel-rides and a splendid excursion by bus from Ourzazate down the Valley of the Roses. Cherry Festival Sefrou (the Fez Province)/June June A three-days’ festival of entertainment full of numerous sporting competitions, a fantasia, a torch-light procession, fairground and finally the election of Miss Cherry with a parade by her cortege. Olive Festival Rafai (Fez Province))/Mid-December A very pretty festival where one can see the traditional olive-picking ceremony, numerous 'Diffa' feasts and folklore events in a surprisingly vast area of olive groves. Honey Festival Imouzer of Ida Ou Tanane (Agadir Province)/ In the beginning of May (Early May) Argana is said to be the largest collective beehive in the world and also one of the most curious because of its construction, history and the way it is run. Most of the hives are made of split reed cylinders covered with clay. With the aid of a smoking brazier made out of baked earth, the bees and their queen are made to crawl out of the hive into a basket so that the honey can be classified as a historic monument. Festival of Fiances Imilchl Moussem/ 4th Week in September Imilchl is a small high Atlas village at an altitude of 8,430 feet. For the young men and girls of the area, it is a tradition to get married on the day of the Moussem in ancient times. A holy man uses to bless the betrothed at Abdgoul and the legend goes that they will remain happy for the rest of their lives. The Finance Festival is staged on the site of the tomb of the old wise man, who is venerated in the High Atlas. It is a time for some 30,000 people from the mountains to assemble in tents for three days with their flocks, horses and camels. It is an occasion for the young girls to wear and show their finery, and their sumptuous silver jewelry and to dance the day and night away under the sun and the stars. Date Festival Erfoud/Early October This magnificent festival is held annually in the Erfoud area where nearly a million date-palms grow. There is grown a wide range of types of dates. Take for instance the majestic palm-tree, waving lazily in the warm breeze providing shade and a livelihood. The peasants who cultivate them rely on them for almost everything. Horse Festival Tissa (the Fez Province)/October The picturesque center of Tissa, located a few miles off the main road in the Fez province, is the site of a gigantic competition between the various horse breeds. Every year in October, hundreds of riders assemble wearing their finery to present their mounts. Prize-giving and festivities create a very animated scene. Festival of Fantasia Meknes/Beginning of September This event offers thousands of horsemen and their mounts a chance to meet and display their skills. This festival has become a huge success. Porcelin Festival Tissa/Ending of September This event is dedicated 100% to porcelin dolls, china jewlry, and other porcelin items. There will be demenstrations of how porcelin objects are made, painting porcelin, engraving porcelin, and other porcelin activities. Contributors March 25, 2005 change by giorgio [Add Festival] Camel Festival Jul 2008/Tan Tan Road, Goulimine Edit This Camel Festival Morocco Camel Festival Morocco photo by: www.Morocco-Travel-Agency.com The people of Goulimine hold the Camel Festival once a year on top of their weekly Camel Fair that takes place every Saturday....The festival also offers the opportunity to witness the ritual dance of the Guedra music. World66 rating: [rate it] tel: 18007993080 url: www.travel-tomorocco.com email: info@saharasoultravel.com Gnawa Festival/Essaouira, June Edit This Gnawa of Morocco Gnawa of Morocco photo by: www.Morocco-Travel-Agency.com This annual festival in Essaouira Morocco is a 4 day celebration of the music of the descendants of African slaves of the country. The town itself, on the Atlantic Coast, should be visited regardless because of its relaxed atmosphere, wonderful instruments, herb/spice souks, and other local products like the Argan Nut Oil, as well as its ramparts, and lovely beach with countless fresh fish stalls. The festival itself is quite lively and popular with the youth of the country and the music is very unique. Chiming cymbals, twangy string instruments complement more.. World66 rating: [rate it] url: www.festival-gnaoua.co.ma date: Late June - Early July address: Essaouira Morocco email: sim0vic-in-kech@hotmail.com Marrakech Festival des Arts Populaires Edit This Water Seller Water Seller photo by: www.saharasoultravel.com The bustling city of Marrakech manages to cram in even more popular sights and sounds than it boasts already during the Marrakech Popular arts Festival. During this annual festival, the Djemaa el-Fna square and surrounding locations become the al-fresco venues for a wide variety of traditional folk arts from all over Morocco. World66 rating: [rate it] tel: 16466431420 date: 2006: July 3 to 10 address: 157 West 79th Street,Suite 12C Porcelin Festival Edit This Ending of september. There will be shows dedicate to Porcelin dolls, china, jewlry, and other porcelin iteams. There will be demonstations on how to make, paint, and ingrave porcelin items. World66 rating: [rate it] accessibility: 00000000000 tel: 000000000 url: 00000000000 date: 11-11-07 address: 000000000 email: 000000000000 |
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Il Marocco (Al Mamlakah al-Maghribiyah) è uno stato del Nordafrica. Buona parte delle sue coste sono bagnate dall'Oceano Atlantico, ma estendendosi anche oltre lo Stretto di Gibilterra si affacciano anche sul Mar Mediterraneo.
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Storia
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Prima del Marocco, la MauretaniaAntica regione dell'Africa Settentrionale, oggi divisa tra il Marocco e l'Algeria, abitata dai Mauri (una popolazione berbera). Regno indipendente dal IV sec. A.c., subì l'influenza cartaginese. Fu assoggettata dai romani in seguito all'uccisione dell'ultimo re Tolomeo (40 d.C.) e divenne, nel 42, la provincia della Mauretania Trigitana. Nel 429, dalla penisola iberica, passano in questa regione i Vandali, seguiti un secolo dopo dai Visigoti. Nel 681, quasi 50 anni dopo la morte del Profeta dell'Islam Muhammad, sale al potere per la prima volta una dinastia araba, quella degli Idrisidi (fondata proprio in Marocco da Idris I). Tra il IX e l'XI secolo regnò, come in tutta l'Africa del Nord, la dinastia fatimide (fondata da un discendente di ‘Alī e Fatima, figlia del Profeta.). Dal 1056 al 1147 su una parte della Spagna e sul Marocco regnò la dinastia berbera degli Almoravidi (fondata dallo Shaikh – capo spirituale – ‘Abd Allāh Ibn Yāsin). Ma, vinti gli Almoravidi, dalla seconda metà del XII alla prima metà del XIII secolo fu al potere la dinastia berbera degli Almohadi.Dal 1269 al 1421 regnò sul Marocco la dinastia berbera dei Merinidi. Nel 1554 si impone la famiglia sceriffiana dei Sadiani, sono gli anni del sultano Ahmad Al-Mansur (1578 – 1603) famoso per la sua generosità. Nel 1660 circa sale al potere la dinastia degli Alawidi. Nel corso del XIX secolo, divenuto il Marocco oggetto della cupidigia delle potenze coloniali, il sovrano alawidi Mulay Abd al-Hafiz giunse ad accettare nel 1912 il protettorato francese.
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Storia contemporaneaProtettorato francese dal 1912, il paese ha ottenuto l'indipendenza nel 1956. Tra il 1976 e il 1979 il Marocco ha incorporato gran parte del territorio del Sahara Occidentale (l'ex Sahara spagnolo), dando inizio a un conflitto con il movimento indipendista del Fronte Polisario, che nel 1976 ha costituito una Repubblica araba sahariana presso il confine con l'Algeria. Un piano di pace negoziato nel 1988 prevede un referendum per l'autodeterminazione della regione patrocinato dall'ONU, referendum più volte posticipato e mai ancora effettuato. Il Marocco nel 2000 annuncia di voler creare una provincia autonoma ma sotto il Regno del Marocco, proposta ampiamente boicottata dai Saharawi. Il 23 luglio 1999 muore re Hasan II (1929-1999) e il giorno 30 gli succede il figlio Mohammed VI. Il 21 marzo 2002 Mohammed VI sposa Salma Bennani, che viene insignita del titolo ufficiale di principessa (per la prima volta nella storia della monarchia alawita) col nome di Lalla Salma. Il 30 luglio 2001 Mohammed VI ha annunciato la creazione di un Istituto Reale per la Cultura Berbera.
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Città
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Suddivisione amministrativaIl Marocco è suddiviso in 37 province e in 2 wilaya (distretti cittadini):
Tre altre province (Ad Dakhla (Oued Eddahab), Boujdour) e Es Smara), a cui si aggiungono parti di Tan-Tan e di Laayoune, si trovano nella parte reclamata dal Marocco del Sahara Occidentale.
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