Al Hoceima... Amazigh New Year celebrations 2974
Celebrations have continued in the city of Al Hoceima since Saturday and continued until Sunday, in celebration of the Amazigh New Year “Askas Aminu”. This year constituted an exceptional event, after the decision of His Majesty King Mohammed VI to declare the Amazigh New Year an official national holiday, following the example of the Conqueror. Muharram of the Hijri year and the Gregorian New Year.
In this regard, the Tefeur Music Association, in addition to a civil activity, in coordination with the Regional Delegation for Culture in Al Hoceima, and in cooperation with the Al Hoceima Collective Council and the region’s workers, supervised the organization of an artistic and intellectual concert to celebrate the Amazigh New Year 2974, on Saturday, January 13, 2024, in the hall of the House of Culture, Moulay El Hassan. In the city of Al Hoceima.
The activities were diverse and rich in type and content, and varied between intellectual and cultural seminars, where the researcher, Professor Abdelmajid Al-Azouzi, and the university professor and researcher in Moroccan archeology and history, Abdullah Al-Helwi, organized two symposiums, two ideas on Amazigh architecture and the other on the topic “Memory of the Amazigh Thevenagh.” And the petroglyphs,” that was yesterday afternoon, Saturday, on the Socio Sports Complex Mirador.
In parallel with the meeting commemorating the Amazigh New Year, an exhibition of traditional crafts and regional products was organized in Bashouia Al Hoceima Square, and a plastic exhibition by the artists Abdel Ghafour Al-Maftahi and Shuaib Al-Masoudi, presenting a variety of traditional Amazigh dishes for the Amazigh New Year.
In a unique harmony in which the past meets the present, the Tvior Music Association presented singing and folklore performances of an Amazigh rural character, with the participation of several musical artists, as the Tidgin band presented musical paintings from the local rural heritage, followed by the participation of the “Thayri Band” band, and the young artist Sabrina, After that, the artist Mohamed Bensaïd entertained the audience with a comic show, followed by musical acts presented by the young artist Kaouther Barrani, who entertained the audience in Al-Hasimi at the House of Culture, Moulay El Hassan.
This festive evening was an opportunity for audiences of all ages to discover the rituals that characterize the celebration of the Amazigh National Year
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