Moussem of El Hart n’Igourramen in the Todgha Valley

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One week after the feast of Aid Al Adha, takes place the Moussem (festival) of Sidi El Haj Amar in the Ksar El Hart n’Igourramen near Tinghir. This saint, who founded the village of El Hart, lived in the 12th century. He is none other than the brother of the founder of Zaouiat Ahansal. Around this marabout takes place the most important Moussem of the Todgha valley. The Moussem of El Hart is organized on the ruins of the old Ksar and is a large market of three or four days in the middle of the palm grove. The livestock: cows, goats, sheep, donkeys are exposed for sale. The butchers expose dromedary meat to the buyers. And the pottery of the neighboring village El Hart n’Iaamine is also present as well as wool carpets, wooden furniture and more and more decorative objects imported from big cities…