Located in southwestern Morocco, the Moussem of Tan-Tan was an annual gathering of nomads of the Sahara together more than thirty tribes from southern Morocco and other nomadic peoples of northwest Africa. Originally, it was a reunion, spontaneous and regular, of these people around a well, about the month of May, for a long week. As part of the calendar agro-pastoral nomads, this group was the opportunity to meet, buy, sell and exchange foodstuffs and other products, to organize competitions breeding camels or horses, marriages or to consult herbalists. Moussem also consisted of various festivities such as musical performances, folk songs, poetic contests and other oral traditions hassanies or even games.
These meetings took the form of a Moussem - sort of annual fair at the same time economic, cultural and social - from 1963 when the first edition of Moussem of Tan-Tan was organized to showcase local traditions and make this event a forum for exchanges, meetings and celebrations. Moussem was initially associated with Mohamed Laghdaf (resistant Franco-Spanish occupation, died in 1960) whose tomb is located near the city. Between 1979 and 2004, the Moussem could not be arranged because of security problems that occurred in the region. In its new edition, the Moussem took place in September, date to be chosen now. Today, nomadic particularly anxious to preserve their lifestyle, their knowledge and traditions, hoping the Moussem of Tan-Tan to consolidate in this way.
Technical and economic upheavals that occurred in the region have profoundly altered the lifestyle of the nomadic Bedouin communities, in particular leading to settlement. Urbanization and rural exodus have contributed to these changes with the loss of many aspects of traditional culture of these populations, such as crafts and poetry. Moreover, the lack of backup and structures for organizing the Moussem also threatens the sustainability of this event.
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