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Festival Tours 2011
Balthazar Tours offers itineraries
tailor made to your needs and budget. The exchange between us and our customers is at the heart of our tours. If you
can’t decide how to make the most of your holiday we offer the following tour as a suggestion. In keeping with
our belief in preserving the culture and ecology of Morocco we donate 5% of our profit to the Association Mqourn which assists
with development and regeneration of the local area and historic sites in Tinghir. |
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Fez hosts this popular Festival as musicians from around the
world come to share and experience different styles of music. See participants and artists from Morocco, France, Spain,
South Africa, Turkey, Iran, Armenia, Egypt, Israel, Senegal, Poland, the U.S., Greece and India. Experience the mystic
styles of Sufi chants, Pakistani Gawwali incantations, Egyptian madhi odes, ancient Gwalior chants and many more.
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Gnawa is the music of the descendants of the slaves who were brought to Morocco from "black
Africa." Essaouira has been hosting this festival since 1998. The reputation of this picturesque port town
of being laid back yet vibrant and atmospheric make it the perfect venue for a festival devoted to this enchanting style of
music. The music incorporates a mix of African and Islamic rituals, the mesmerizing rhythms of drums, guenbri (a form
of lute) and hand-held garagab (metal castanets). Artists appearing at the festival include the best musicians of the
genre as well as players of jazz, pop, rock, and contemporary music.
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As one of the most popular festivals in Morocco, this week-long event is set against the wonderful
backdrop of the 16th century El Badi palace. Spectators squeeze into the courtyards of the palace to experience and
enjoy the performances of the Berber musicians of the High Atlas Mountains, the Andalus-inspired musicians of the north and
the enchanting music of the southern Gnawa’s.
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In its sixth year, the Timitar festival
aims to bring together Berber and World Cultures. This week-long event is set against the wonderful backdrop of sun
and sea. The music centre’s around the new generation of world music and is aimed at all tastes.
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Imilchil hosts annually the Fiancé Festival where up to 40 couples come together as husband
and wife. The festival features Berber musical performances and excellent shopping in the markets especially created
for the festival. According to legend, a man and woman from two local tribes fell in love, but were forbidden by their families
to marry. They cried themselves to death, creating the lakes of Issly (his) and Tisslit (hers) near Imilchil. The families
were so devastated by this, they created a day on the anniversary of the lovers’ death to which members of the two tribes
could marry.
During the festival women from villages
all over Morocco are made up in traditional dress as the husbands search for their perfect match. If the groom is successful,
the woman says ‘You captured my liver’ and the match is settled
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