The program for the fourth edition of the Merzouga Festival promises concerts, musical workshops, shows, conferences, and exhibitions of local products.
In the highest dunes of Morocco, within a magnificent landscape, the Merzouga International Festival gives a fourth appointment to its public from April 7 to 10. Faithful to its rich and varied programming, this festival promises once again this year a wide program on the theme "Tolerance and Peace." "The choice of this theme is justified by the philosophy of this event, but also by the regional and international context. The Sahrawi Association for Tourism and Cultural Development, initiator of this event, is thus aware of its responsibilities as a space for exchange and dialogue," indicate the organizers.
This edition offers several public musical concerts in the dunes, musical workshops featuring fusions between different world rhythms, such as the Anglo-Saxon bagpipes played by "Scotch on the rocks," shows by the multicultural French troupe "Zagazic," reggae with Roots brothers, Latin rhythms interpreted by the Italians of Adenia and the Spaniards Lilit I Dionis, Duo Sistorms, and the banda Morisca, as well as choreographic art with Dunes d'el Desert... For Moroccan participation, it will be provided by the various Gnaoua troupes located in the Merzouga area, the Moroccan Africanist singer Mouloud Meskaoui, the groups Imeghrane, Imodda, Oudaden, Hobi, Babylone System, Imdiazen, and Génération Taragalte, as well as singers Nasr Mégri and Lahcen Achiban.
The program also includes conferences centered on "Tolerance and Peace," "Sahrawi Tourism," as well as "Music as a sign of universal belonging" and "The Moroccan Sahara and regional security." Among the side events offered by the festival, we find a tasting ceremony presenting the assets and mysteries of Moroccan gastronomy, an exhibition of local products dedicated to associations in the region, an exhibition of works of art by artists from the region and international artists, a football tournament played on a sand pitch, a pétanque tournament in the presence of known champions, and a sand marathon. Dozens of artists from several countries will take part in this fourth edition, namely Ireland, Senegal, France, Spain, Ivory Coast, Italy, Mali, Great Britain, and Congo.
