By Jamal Marfaoui, "Tunisia lights up Ramadan nights with international music festival" - Magharebia - Rockville, MD, USA -Thursday, September 4, 2008Music diversity and international performances will be centre stage at Tunisia's Mûsîqât Festival. Organisers hope the 2-week event [from the 6th to the 20th September] during the holy month of Ramadan will give music fans a venue for entertainment and relaxation after long days of fasting.
Focusing on spirituality and Sufism to honor the month of Ramadan, the opening show Manarat will feature Tunisian traditional Sufi music performed by famous Tunisian singer Lotfi Bushnaq.
For the first time, the festival will feature Afghani traditional music. Although the Afghani band is fairly new, they've earned a world-wide reputation playing music of Pashtun, Uzbek, Tajik, Hazarah and Paluch traditions in France, Italy, Greece, France and the United States.
The finale of the event will be courtesy of Iranian singer Shahram Nazeri, a key figure in traditional Iranian music and an icon of the modernisation trend in Persian musical traditions.
Organisers said they will encourage students to attend and enjoy the performances by offering them a 50% discount on festival tickets. The regular price is 10 dinars. [USD 8.05; EUR 5.65].
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