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Ifrane: 3rd edition of Tourtite

Posted by admin on Tuesday, August 11, 2009 Comments

Affiche_Festival_Tourtite-fr-21170 The town of Ifrane is home from August 5 to 10, the third edition of the Festival Tourtite. This event is marked by the participation of a host of artists to attract a large audience.

The third Festival Tourtite Ifrane, held from August 5 to 10 under the banner "Nature at the crossroads of cultures," opened Wednesday night with a concert Belkhayate Abdelhadi. The sports complex Ifrane was packed with spectators who came to listen to classical Belkhayate "Qitar El Hayat", "Matakchi biya", "Yadak al inssane" or "Ya Bent Annass", before continuing the evening with a group come to Spain, the star of the Middle Atlas Cherifa and the diva of the southern provinces Saida Charaf. This intercultural Moroccan sparkled in the heart of the Middle Atlas.
This event is initiated by the Association for the Advancement of Tourtite cultural, artistic and sporting heritage preservation and mountain towns in collaboration with the province and the city council of Ifrane. It will be marked by concerts by a galaxy of artists and arts groups Moroccan popular and classical. According to the initiators of this event, this third edition intends to "stimulate the sensations, touch the heart and uplift the mind to form a harmonious composition of colors and ask a gateway to human contacts from various sources." The festival is a meeting place between players excelling in a variety of cultural expressions, which will meet to disclose their identities and enrich their differences, they add. Besides music, the event also includes the launch of a competition for the best photo of the city of Ifrane and its regions. The workshops of drawing and painting and free opening of an exhibition of 200 paintings by over 30 artists.
Tourtite also celebrates the child, through several recreational activities ranging from the establishment of a playground and environmental education, to organize a carnival for children and through the towers magic and songs and dances for children.
In Ifrane, a high reconstructed image and a reputation regained after major redevelopment of its urban space, its structures and its host ecological sites, this festival is an adequate opportunity to position itself among the poles amusement global ecological tourism, think tank sports and concentration. The sport will be part of the organization with a multitude of activities including a cyclo-cross for fans of mountain biking, road race, a closed Dayet Aoua cycling, football matches between neighborhoods cities and towns of the province of Ifrane and competitions trout fishing, the shooting and bowls.

By: MAP

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