The Glorious Cultural Heritage
of the Southern Draa Valley
May 21-23, 2021
Festival Schedule
Friday May 21, 2021
Joudour Sahara Musical School
11 a.m - Press Conference
* Inauguration of the photo exhibition celebrating M’hamid Zamane and his glorious history
Joudour Sahara Site cultural center near Ksar Zaouia
5 p.m - Opening keynotes - Accompanied by traditional songs and dances.
8 p.m - Poetic evening and debates on the theme "poetry and nomadic life ..." in the presence of Moroccan, Algerian and Mauritanian poets.
11 p.m - 1 a.m : Talk-debate, acoustic music around the fire, Sahara legends and tales
Saturday May 22, 2021
11:00 am : Meet at the Laalouj kasbah (great kasbah which housed the foreign legion of the Saadian Sultans in the sixteenth century) for the start of a walk to the Ksours of: Talha, Oualad Mhia, Znaga and Zaouia Lahna. Lunch with the locals exchanges and debates on themes relating to water stress, desertification and resilience to Climate Change;
Field visits, exchanges with the population
3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. * various activities in the Ksours and Kasbahs:
Ahidous at Ksar Bounou
Rokba to Oulad Driss and Ksar Talha
Chamra and Guedra at the centre of M’hamid
Akalal and Daf at the ancien Ksar of M’hamid
Ganga at Ksar Oulad Mhia near Kasbah Sidi Khalil.
8:00 p.m. Traditional evening with
Regional groups:
Herma Doublal Group (Tata)
Ahidous AIT Khabach (Rachidia)
International Groups
Mali (Traditional Touareg group)
Mauritania (Trarza)
West Algerian Houbi
11:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m. Stargazing, talk-debate, acoustic music around the fire, legends and tales of the Sahara
Sunday 23 May, 2021
11:00 Conference "Culture and common history as a factor of unity and rapprochement between the peoples of the Greater Maghreb with the participation of historians and cultural players from the Maghreb and the Sahel"
3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Plantations of trees accompanied by traditional songs.
Competition of the best traditional couscous prepared on-site by women from the region.
Presentation of actions committed to sustainable development (crafts, natural objects, etc.) by residents and local associations
8:00 p.m. Singing and dancing Houbi (Oriental region of Morocco
Algeria (Houbi from the Bechar Wilaya
Résidence Joudour Sahara with the young talents of M’Hamid supervised by several internationally renowned artists and a traditional singing group