2025 Past edition
13 المهرجان الوطني لفنون أحواش National Festival of Ahwach Arts
Ahwach arts embrace the sounds of the world
- Dates
- 23 to 25 October 2025
- Venues
- Kasbah Taourirt
Thirteenth edition: performances at Kasbah Taourirt combining traditional song and dance with projections and lighting, scientific seminars on safeguarding oral heritage, workshops for young people and children, and training in traditional instrument making.
Highlights
Immersive performances with projections at Kasbah Taourirt, scientific seminars on safeguarding oral heritage, workshops for young people and children, instrument-making training, tributes to two poet-artists.
Tributes
- Fatima El Ghazali · artist and poet, born in Toundoute in 1963
- Abdellah El Achaq · artist and poet, Telouet
Troupes named
- Chebab Aït Ben Haddou
- Ahwach Tissint
- Ahwach Aglgal
- Aska Aoulouz · Taroudant
- Afous · Aït Baamrane
Sources MAP, via Madar21 25 October 2025 Biladi.ma 21 October 2025 Al Arabiya lil Akhbar 25 October 2025 Culture du Maroc 25 October 2025
Under the High Patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI
Images of the edition
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13th edition (2025), photograph published by Agence Maghreb Arabe Presse (MAP), via Madar21 Source : Agence Maghreb Arabe Presse (MAP), via Madar21 -
13th edition (2025), photograph published by Culture du Maroc (culturedumaroc.com) Source : Culture du Maroc (culturedumaroc.com)
Videos
- Video: Radio Draa Tafilalet (chaîne YouTube) (2025) Source : Radio Draa Tafilalet (chaîne YouTube) · 2025-10-24
- Video: SNRT News (2025) Source : SNRT News · 2025-07-06
News
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13th edition closes at Kasbah TaourirtMadar21 (MAP dispatch)
The thirteenth edition ran from 23 to 25 October 2025 under the theme "Ahwach arts embrace the sounds of the world", with performances combining traditional song, projections and light.
Institutions
Organised by the Ministry of Youth, Culture and Communication (Department of Culture) and the Province of Ouarzazate, in partnership with the Association Ouarzazate Events.
