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Living heritage / Folk arts Berkane July

Oriental Folk Arts Festival

A heritage festival in Berkane devoted to the music, dance, costumes and living folk traditions of Morocco’s Oriental region.

Oriental Folk Arts Festival in Berkane

The Oriental Folk Arts Festival brings together in Berkane the musical, choreographic and visual traditions that shape the region’s living memory.

A stage for the Oriental region’s heritage

Reggada, collective singing, popular rhythms, costumes and festive forms are presented as living practices carried by troupes, artists and communities.

Transmission and creation

The festival opens a discussion on documenting and renewing folk arts without reducing them to a fixed image of the past.

2026 edition

The 13th edition runs from July 23 to 25, 2026. View dates and available practical information.

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Moroccan Ministry of Culture announcement

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