Malhoun art

Location: Rissani – Erfoud – Errachidia A Brief Outline of the Event This event celebrates Malhun, a poetic art form featuring recitatives and songs set to Moroccan rhythms. Malhun is a national heritage that reflects Morocco’s identity and culture by employing both Standard Arabic and Moroccan Darija in highly literary and expressive ways. It follows poetic meters and distinctive rhythms, with themes that include litanies, prophetic praises, nature, love, satire, and elegy. This event aims to elevate the status of Malhun as a unique Moroccan heritage, highlighting its distinctive features and protecting it from extinction and oblivion. In addition to supporting the groups dedicated to this art, the event bridges the present and the past by celebrating its living masters and encouraging younger generations to explore and engage with this art form.