National Festival of Popular Arts: Transfer of Folk Art to Youth

At a press briefing devoted to the presentation of the highlights of this eclectic event organizers said that a lot of work has been done in order to associate this festival to young artists to enable them to show their talent and enhance their experience with the view to become like some of the great masters of folk arts.

The new life instilled in the latest edition of the festival will be strengthened once more. This is to give the festival a vision of an event that is steeped in tradition but resolutely turned towards modernity and creativity, they said, highlighting the need to sustain and enhance the status of one of the oldest festivals in Morocco.

The Festival of Marrakech Foundation strengthens its actions with a specialized programming with an aim to include the FNAP in a strategic and pragmatic vision to achieve excellence at the 50th anniversary of this festival, they said.

The mission of this Foundation is the development, intensification, and diversification of the artistic and cultural city of Marrakech and its region.

The oldest festival in Morocco, FNAP was founded in 1960 by King Mohammed V and celebrates this year its 47th anniversary.