Home
Legend
Aït Hdidou marriage
Henna ceremony
Festival Program
Contact us

Morocco Imilchil Wedding Festival

Modern Morocco presents a hospitable, profoundly seductive mix of Berber, Arab, Islamic, European, an African influences. Moroccans honor ancient events and local patron saints with festivals known as moussems . Morocco has a rich culture and civilization.
Each region possesses its own specificities, contributing, thus, to the making of national culture and to the civilization legacy, in Berber villages, these festivals are the events of the year, with religious ceremonies, folk music, traditional dancing, and even marriage arrangements adding up to an extremely lively scene.In Morocco's High Atlas Mountains in the village of Imilchil, one of the nomadic Berber tribes known as the Ait Hdiddou holds the engagement festival evry years in the summer, during the Wedding Imilchil Festival, there is an encampment of more than 25, 000 people settled in the valley of Imilchil, and in one area, goods of every description are sold, including clothing - both second hand and new. Surrounded by heaps of coats, shirts and pants, hawkers compete for customers. on the other side of the encampment, there are donkeys, sheep and goats offered for sale.
Over the past few years, the marriage festival has been promoted by Morocco's Office of Tourism, and visitors from all over the world have come to witness the celebration at Imilchil.

Imilchil festival program and information is subject to change.
Please check for more information.