Fez sacred music festival É when melodies help transcend religious differences

The Fez festival of world sacred music mission has a prime mission to make of music a means to transcend religious differences, The Festival's President, Mohamed Kabbaj, said.

The festival has become a genuine cultural and tourism enterprise and a privileged space for encounters and peaceful co-existence, Kabbaj told a Moroccan daily.

The festival is a rendezvous of music and peace loving people without distinction based on religion, he noted, underlining that it groups each year prestigious artists of different cultural, ethnical, and religious backgrounds.

The encounters of Fez that take place in parallel with the festival enable participants to exchange experiences and viewpoints, he added.

From international echoes about the festival, we conclude that the spirit of Fez has started to take shape, Kabbaj said, underscoring that renowned editors and writers are now inspired to write on the Fez event.

Next year's edition of the festival will be held May 28 through June 5, Kabbaj announced.