Taragalte Festival

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PROGRAM

The wisdom of sands and oases, source of alchemy and inspiration

A RICH AND VARIED PROGRAM

+ Ecological day:

This activity is scheduled after midnight: 

  • Reading of poetry and texts around the desert by Bayt Achiaar (the house of poetry), poets and writers from the region are invited.
  • Acoustic concerts hosted by all guest artists.

+ Art & Exhibitions:

  • Exhibition of paintings from the Kafila caravan in collaboration with the French Institute of Rabat.
  • Exhibition of meteorites collected in the region, hosted by researchers and nomads from the region.

+ Observation of the sky and its stars:

  • Reading and discovery of the sky and its stars in the presence of astronomers and nomads to combine science and ancestral know-how.

+ Eco-responsible activities:

  • Green stands & activities
  • EcoFest-Africa
  • Raising awareness and planting date palms, in collaboration between the Taragalte Association and the Antoine de Saint Exupéry Foundation for Youth.
  • “Art at the service of the environment” workshop: recycling workshop
  • Clean-up and environmental awareness campaign
  • Educational workshop for children in collaboration with the Antoine de Saint Exupéry Foundation for Youth.

+ Cultural Activities: Personal know-how & Nomadic know-how:

NOMAD STORY

  • Open-air museum of nomadic habitat
  • Camel Parade
  • The ancestral game of Hockey Nomad
  • Village of exhibition-sales of local products and local know-how
  • Gourmet souk
  • Daily nomadic know-how transfer workshops
  • Tamegroute pottery workshop Rammed earth construction workshop
  • Carpet weaving workshop led by “Carpet of life” women’s cooperative of M’Hamid El Ghizlane
  • Nomad gastronomy workshop Artistic Residences

THE NOMAD’S MOUSSEM

  • Singing and dancing from local folk troupes in the nomadic tents surrounding the festival.
  • Guedra Song & Dance women from the Chamra region
  • Rokba Knee Song & Dance
  • Ganga Style Gnaoua
  • Ahidouss Amazigh Song & Dance 
 

TBA

+History of Morocco (intervention by Moroccan historians, professors and anthropologists)

+Environmental and responsible initiatives for water saving.

+Safeguarding the water table and protecting the ecosystems of the Draa-Tafilalt oases in the face of climate change.

+The cultural caravan for peace; a hymn to peace and the rapprochement of peoples and cultures, a source of universal values.

+The Moroccan, woman of the North and the South.

+Nomadism; a way of life !

  • Displacement and movement beyond borders.
    • Effects of climate change on the nomadic lifestyle.
      • Cultural exchanges between the world's nomadic populations.

     

OUM & M-CARLOS

ABDELLAH AG ALHOUSSEINI DE TINARIWEN

LALA TAMAR & OFER RONEN

JUBANTOUJA

MNAT AICHATA

HAMID EKAWEL

TIKOUBAOUINE

AL BILALI SUDAN

TARWA N TINIRI

KAWTAR SADIK

TARAGALTE GENERATION

GUEDRA TROUPE

AHIDOUSS TROUPE

CHAMRA TROUPE

SAND PIGEONS

ROKBA TROUPE

GANGA TROUPE