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The 15th. Gnaoua Festival 2012 in Essaouira
The 15th. Festival Gnaoua takes place this year from thursday 21.06 to sunday 24.06.2012.
http://www.festival-gnaoua.net/
The Gnaoua Festival and Musics of the World of Essaouira still plans to surprise its faithful and cosmopolitan audience this year. Crossing the symbolic course of 13 years and 500 000 festival-goers, the festival proposes this year a rich programme, reaffirming its incentive to emphasize the Gnaoua heritage in all its variety and to invite the best world and jazz artists to come and perform in the unique and magical town of Essaouira.
The budget for the 14th Gnawa Festival which takes place from 23.06 untill 26.06.2011 is 10 600 000,00 Dhs less 220 000,00 Dhs than last year said the festival director.
This edition is under the name: BACK TO THE ROOTS.
In the program a lot of Moroccan and African artistic names like:
LAMAALAM KIBIR
BABA SISIKO
MAL TAMANI REVOLUTION
JAZZE RACINE HAITI AMERICAIN
Armenian singer TIKRAN HAMASIAN
The dual Iranian, Afghan: BETWEEN WORLDS
The MAALAM : ABDEEKEBIR MARCHANE, HAMID ELKASSRI, AHMED ET MUSTAPHA BAKBOU, HASSAN BOUSSOU and also OMAR EL HAYA.
Two big free scenes and scenes with package.
A pioneer and cosmopolitan festival. The quality of the music which has long won its spurs, will be as excellent as ever and the festival will once again meet the challenge to touch hundreds of thousands of people with the sounds of the most wonderful music!
