The Tafilalet Heritage

About Tafilalet Heritage Days

Every year in April, the Filala community from all over Morocco comes to meet, socialize celebrate, preserve, volunteer – a supportive action to contribute to the social and human development of the Tafilalet Oasis.

During these events, Dyour ( local homes), Ksours, Mausoleums, and spiritual locations, private farming land, Libraries are open to the public. The aim is to bring the locals together in harmony and share this richness with travelers visiting from all over the world.

Each year, the Heritage month will be organized around a specific theme. These themes will touch subjects like:

• The cultural diversity of the population of Tafilalet
• The Architecture of The Ksour
• Farming and water civilization
• The Trans-Saharan trading history and the Caravans
• Sijilmassa: The richness of an ancient lost city
• The Desert & Oasis Food
• Tafilalet: The Royal Oasis
• Food of the area
• Storytelling, Music, and poetry
• And lot more around local African, Arab, Berber, Jewish, and Nomad Heritage…

During these days in the amazing Tafilalet Oasis, visitors will also benefit from:

• Connect to Nature and Earth
• Planting trees in the Oasis
• Visit the beautiful Ksour
• Visit the Sand Dunes of Merzouga
• Enjoy the beauty, calmness of the nights in this desert oasis
• Explore the area through the activities and trips…

Aims of the Tafilalet
Heritage Days

The aims of the Tafilalet Heritage Days are to:

• bring the locals of Tafilalet roots to the oasis to celebrate the richness of a great Heritage to be proud of
• raise the awareness of the Filala population to the richness and cultural diversity of the Oasis;
• create a climate in which the gratitude of the rich mosaic of Filala cultures is stimulated;
• celebrate the greater tolerance in Tafilalet and beyond in the whole region of the great southeast of Morocco;
• inform the public and the political authorities about the need to protect cultural heritage against disappearance, distinction, and new threats;
• invite the government to respond to the environmental, water, social, development, and economic challenges it faces.
• plant trees under the initiative program “Revive Tafilalet”

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