Morocco.

3 curated places in Morocco. Hand-selected for the space as much as the music. The Sonic Paths editorial cut.

3 venues 3 cities MA country code

Berber camp at Merzouga with dunes rising behind

NOMAD'S SOUND OASIS

Tuareg drums and ambient synths blend under an impossible sky of a billion stars. Berber music camps on the Erg Chebbi dunes outside Merzouga, programmed informally around the moon cycle.

TYPEDesert Camp / Berber Music Camp

FREQTuareg · Berber · Ambient

PATHSahara Pulse

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Fes Festival of World Sacred Music

VENUE_032 · MA

FES FESTIVAL OF WORLD SACRED MUSIC

FES · 34.06°, -4.99°

Founded 1994, programmes Sufi brotherhoods, Andalusian orchestras, Indian classical, gospel and Tibetan chant across a week each June. Main concerts at the 17th-century Bab Al Makina, with side concerts at Volubilis Roman ruins.

TYPESacred Music Festival

FREQSufi · Andalusian · Gregorian

PATHMedina Sacred Circuit

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Hassan II Mosque Esplanade

VENUE_038 · MA

HASSAN II MOSQUE ESPLANADE

CASABLANCA · 33.61°, -7.63°

Africa's second-largest mosque, inaugurated 1993, built half over the Atlantic Ocean. The 210-metre minaret is the world's second tallest. Cultural performances programmed on the seaward plaza.

TYPEReligious Architecture / Esplanade

FREQQuranic chant · Sufi · Andalusian

PATHAtlantic Mihrab

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