Moroccans are extremely sensitive to their own holidays. Religious celebrations are especially revered. Many of them are accompanied by a special ceremony – “mousse”. Secular holidays are timed to important events or associated with folk traditions. On the first day of January, Moroccans celebrate the New Year and immediately after, the Country’s Independence Day. Annually in March, the day of the beginning of the reign of the Moroccan King Hassan II is marked. Among the holidays celebrated in summer are the Youth Day (August 21st) and the Throne Day (July 30th). In early November, the Day of Memory of the Green March is held. This tradition has a historical basis: it marks the restoration of the territorial integrity of the country. Another historic day falls on the second half of the month of November. It is associated with the return from exile of the beloved Moroccan ruler, King Mohammed V.
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Sweet lovers will definitely want to visit the October Gingerbread Festival in Erfoud. It gives guests the opportunity to penetrate into the culture of Morocco and spend a few days enjoying Moroccan songs and dances. At the festival there is a fair with the possibility of tasting. In Tissa, there is an unusual horse festival, which immerses one in the atmosphere of the eastern fairy tale. Crowds of boys in colorful traditional clothes, warlike horsemen seem to carry guests of the holiday back into ancient times. Another famous tradition of Morocco is the Festival of Sacred Music in Fez. It brings together musicians and dancers from all parts of the world. During the festival, you can hear sermons of dervishes, Berber singing, authentic tunes of the Andalusian Arabic musical tradition, psalms and hymns of flamenco. In Marrakech, the festival of folk arts is held, in Essaouira – the festival of ethnic music “Gnaoua”, in Agadir – a large-scale festival of the city.