Princess Lalla Hasna inaugurates 4th Mawazine-Rythmes du Monde Festival
Morocco-Regional, Local, 5/21/2005

Morocco's Princess Lalla Hasna (younger sister of King Mohammed VI) presided, in Rabat Thursday, the opening ceremony of the 4th Mawazine-Rythmes du Monde Festival.

The opening ceremony that took place in the Mohammed V theatre, featured the Indonesian dance of Mangkunagaran.

Old of 4 centuries, this majestic dance associates the rigour of delicate gestures and the grace and poetry of a charming expression. All Mangkunagaran palace family members took part in this dance as dancers, choreographers, musicians and librettists.

Earlier, a parade starring folklore musical and artistic bands crossed the main avenues of the imperial city to invite the capital population to a succulent menu.

All week long, the imperial city of Rabat will live on the vibrations of musical bands emanating from the five corners of the globe in a unique moment when Latin American vibrations embrace the African rhythms and Middle East music interacts in sheer symbiosis with the European sounds.

The festival will feature top world artists notably the emotion-filled voice of the Benin's Kidjo, Venezuela's salsa maestro Oscar D'Leon, Brazilian samba star, Dona Inah, Cape Verde's Lura, Lebanon's Nassim Maalouf, Niger's Peuls Wodaabe band, Germany's Bando band, Spain's Rafael Jimenez and Radio Tarifa band and Tunisia's duo Dorsaf Hamdani and Khaled Ben Yahia.

Also among the participants in this event are Moroccan singers Abdelwahab Doukkali, Ihsan R'miki, Hadra Chefchaouen, Abdellatif Bayati and Salah Cherki.

The 8.5 million Euros festival is an opportunity to discover world music and to promote the cultural and tourist potentials of the Moroccan capital.

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