Mawazine Festival

  • event type:Festival
  • date:15 May 2009 - 23 May 2009
  • city/area:Rabat
  • venue:various venues and locations in Rabat
  • country:Morocco
  • style(s):World
  • event posted by:Association Maroc Cultures

Mawazine is Africa’s and Arab region’s biggest world music festival. Organized each year by Maroc Cultures in Rabat, capital of Morocco. The word “Mawazine” evokes, taken in the plural, the diversity of songs, dances and rhythms. This diversity is manifested through the participation of many countries, and the organization of over a hundred concerts in various Rabat locations targeting different audiences.
Mawazine, reflects the dynamics and flourishing musical Moroccan scene. Dozens festivals are organized in different Moroccan cities reflecting a specificity of Moroccan cultural diversity. Mawazine is a synthesis of the Moroccan original experience in the Southern hemisphere.