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Photo-diary of a Moroccan saint-festival

April 10th, 2007Youssef (Morocco)

Moussem

Head over to “The View from Fez” for a superb 2-part photo-diary of the Sidi Ali ben Hamdush moussem (festival held in honour of a Moroccan saint)

The photos show a part of Morocco which you usually don’t see in non-moroccan newspapers or holiday-brochures.
This is, for me, one of the unique cultural aspects of Morocco. (even though these kind of events take place in other parts of North Africa as well)
The joy and praise of religion through trance, djin-worship and ecstatic dance.

Part 1 and Part 2 of the photo-diary

Copyright photo: Suzanna Clarke

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3 Responses to “Photo-diary of a Moroccan saint-festival”

  1. #1 printing » Photo-diary of a Moroccan saint-festival - April 10th, 2007 at 4:09 pm

    [...] unknown wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptThe photos show a part of Morocco which you usually don’t see in non-moroccan newspapers or holiday-brochures. This is, for me, one of the unique cultural aspects of Morocco. (even though these kind of events take place in other parts … [...]

  2. #2 Liora B. (Israel & USA) - April 10th, 2007 at 5:27 pm

    Amazing and beautiful! Thank you for sharing, Youssef!

  3. #3 Esra'a - April 14th, 2007 at 11:32 am

    That was great… I am seriously in love with this culture! I am in Morocco as we speak and couldn’t be happier here!

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