Continuing their series of nomadic moussems, this year and after the meeting in Berouaga, near Boulanouar, in Mauritania, they chose to pay tribute to their saintly ancestor, buried 370 years ago in what would become the commune of Foum El Oued, 25 km southeast of Laâyoune. Thus, young and old, men, women, and children came from Mauritania, Sudan, the Southern provinces, and the North of the Kingdom. But also from other countries of the Orient. If the meeting in Berouaga had, in its time, brought together the largest number of this tribe, its objective was to allow the components of the tribe to get to know each other; that of Foum El Oued brought together, in addition to the Dlimis, representatives of other Sahrawi tribes.

In addition to the theme entitled 'Regrouping to serve cultural and religious heritage', the Oulad Dlim count on the moussem to consolidate territorial integrity and anchor patriotism and the allegiance made by the ancestors to the Alaouite Kings. The nomadism of the Dlimi moussems is not fortuitous. The tribe has 5 fractions whose saintly ancestors are buried in different places of the vast desert that extends from the Moroccan Sahara to neighboring countries.

On the sidelines of the festival, Libé met Mami Boucif and Mohamed Lamine Hormatoullah, both members of the Oulad Dlim tribe. For the former, the moussem is an opportunity to revive ancestral traditions and preserve the cultural heritage specific to Sahrawi tribes. It also allows the younger generations to be informed about the struggle led by the ancestors against colonialism, whether Spanish or French. It is also an opportunity to remind them of the commitment made by their ancestors, through the Beiä (allegiance) to defend territorial integrity and their secular attachment to the Alaouite Throne.

Mohamed Lamine Hormatollah, for his part, stressed that the moussem, besides the fact that it consolidates and expresses attachment to territorial integrity, constitutes a meeting where the influx of all Sahrawi tribes is an expression of the solidarity of the Sahrawis and their attachment and commitment to respect the allegiance which is an unbreakable link of these tribes with the Alaouite Throne.

The Foum El Oued moussem, which was organized to pay tribute to a holy man belonging to the Oulad Baämar fraction, it is recalled, is the first in a series that will allow paying tribute to the saints from the other four fractions.