MAP News/Morocco TIMES - Casablanca, Morocco
Friday, May 12,2006
The Spanish capital, Madrid, will host on May 19-28 the first Moroccan Spanish cultural festival, to reinforce cohabitation between the two peoples. Organised by a group of Moroccan associations in Spain, the event will take place under the theme “To Consolidate Cohabitation”.
The programme of the festival schedules round tables, Moroccan traditional and modern music concerts, fashion shows, sports competitions and activities for children.
According to the organizers, the festival aims at reinforcing cultural ties between Moroccans and Spaniards and creating a space of meeting and conviviality between the two cultures.
A large part of the festival is devoted to Moroccan music, with shows of Sufi, Gnawa, Malhoun, Rai and popular Music. Several music groups will participate in this cultural meeting, including Said Oughassal, Gnawa dar jamai, Nass El Ghiwane, Raiband and Jadwane.
The festival will be closed on May 28 with crowning moments with the Sufi group “Belkhayat” and the “Tetouani” group of Andalusian music.
The public will also have the opportunity to get to know the wonders of Moroccan fashion, through shows on May 20, 22 and 26. The organisers will spotlight the mixture of tradition and modernity of the uncontestable success Caftan.
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