What Festivals are celebrated in Morocco ?
Yennayer is the first month of the Amazigh Year . the Amazigh year used since antiquity by the Imazighen in North Africa. Its first day corresponds to the first day of January of the Julian Calendar, which is shifted thirteen days compared to the Gregorian calendar.However, Yennayer is very widespread in the Maghreb. It is considered as national celebration. The Berber year 2973 corresponds to the present year 2023.
Almond Blossom Festival :
Morocco’s almond capital of Tafraoute (and nearby Valle Dei Tempi) hosts a celebration of the harvest every February. The Almond Blossom Festival features traditional Berber art forms, from live music to folkloric dance, and a range of almond products for sale. The date varies each year, but the festival always happens in February. If you make the trip, don’t miss the chance to hike in the nearby mountains and check out the famous Blue Painted Rocks.
Almond Blossom Festival :
Morocco’s almond capital of Tafraoute (and nearby Valle Dei Tempi) hosts a celebration of the harvest every February. The Almond Blossom Festival features traditional Berber art forms, from live music to folkloric dance, and a range of almond products for sale. The date varies each year, but the festival always happens in February. If you make the trip, don’t miss the chance to hike in the nearby mountains and check out the famous Blue Painted Rocks.
Rose Festival, El Kelaâ M’Gouna, Dadès Valley. A colorful (and aromatic) festival held in late May that coincides with the harvest of Damask roses in the valley. Music and dancing are accompanied by the obligatory showers of rose petals, and children line the roads selling fresh garlands.
National Festival Of Popular Arts Of Marrakech
In July the Moroccans celebrate the National Festival of Popular Arts of Marrakech. This festival has also been declared a Heritage of Humanity for its spectacular display of colour, music and traditional dances. In Assilah, you can participate in the International Cultural Festival which bears the same name. There are concerts, workshops, theatre performances, shows with horses and the most picturesque: the white walls of the city are painted in different colours.
Among the popular religious festivals, in August the Moussem Festival of Moulay Abdellah is celebrated. At the end of the month, in the Ourika Valley, there is also the Setti Fatma Festival, and to the north of Meknes, the Moulay Driss Zerhoun. In these festivities of Morocco, religious content is celebrated with great fervour and respect, as it commemorates sacred events in honor of important figures of the Sunni Muslim religion.
In October and among the popular festivities of Morocco, we can attend the Date Festival. This celebration takes place in Erfoud every 17 October, and coincides with the harvest of this fruit. There are dances and traditional music, and of course stalls with small sweets made from dates. On the other hand, we must remember that, according to the lunar calendar, October is the month of Ramadan. During this month, Moroccans fulfil the tradition of fasting from sunrise to sunset.
22 MARCH : Holly Month Of “Ramandan”
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and the month in which the Quran is believed to be revealed to the Islamic prophet Muhammad.However, Fasting during the month of Ramadan is one of the Five Pillars of Islam. The month is spent by Muslims fasting during the daylight hours from dawn to sunset
Eid al-Fitr : is a religious holiday in the Islamic tradition . It signifies the celebration of the end of Ramadan and covers the first three days of Shawwal . The night before the first day of this festival is also considered particularly auspicious. Early in the morning, the community as a whole performs different prayers and celebrates a breakfast that marks the end of the fast of the most important month for the Islamic world .
02 JULY EVENTS :Eid al-Adha is the second and the larger of the two main holidays celebrated in Islam (the other being Eid al-Fitr). It honours the willingness of Abraham (Ibrahim) to sacrifice his son Ishmael (Ismail) as an act of obedience to God’s command. Before Abraham could sacrifice his son, however, God provided him with a lamb which he was supposed to kill in his son’s place because of his willingness to sacrifice his own son in the name of God. In commemoration of this intervention, animals are ritually sacrificed
