Rabat – Morocco’s capital Rabat is currently celebrating the Traditional Wedding Festival, which started on April 20 and will end on April 29.
This festival aims to promote Morocco’s cultural and artistic heritage, as shown at traditional weddings. Companies are also marketing products and services associated with these celebrations.
Traditional craftsmen and cooperatives, as well as party sponsors and photographers, are among people working in the wedding industry.
The Chamber of Handicraft in Rabat-Sale-Kenitra and the Regional General Directory of Handicraft in Rabat organized this festival – “The traditional Moroccan wedding is a cultural heritage and a pillar for cultural mixing.”
Representatives from Nigeria also attended this event as guests of honor; as part of boosting cooperation between Morocco and other African nations.
According to Nigeria’s Ambassador, Al-Bashir Ibrahim Saleh Al-Husseini, this festival is an opportunity for cultural exchange between the two countries, as well as an opportunity to become intimately acquainted with ancient Moroccan wedding customs and traditions.
He also emphasized “the distinguished relations between Morocco and Nigeria that have been developing in all fields, as well as the existence of a bilateral will to strengthen them in the future.”
The Traditional Wedding Festival is one in a number that has been canceled over the past two years because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Other festivals that have been canceled because of the pandemic include Mawazine, Jazzablanca and the Imchlil Marriage Festival.
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Moroccan weddings are filled with joy, variety, and color. Moroccan brides place a high value on traditional dress e on their wedding day, and this festival offers an opportunity for Moroccans and non-Moroccans to enjoy traditional Moroccan wedding ceremonies.
