Magnificent, richly adorned Arab stallions gallop in unison, ridden by riders in flaming Djellabas armed with black powder rifles. At the end of a frantic gallop under the encouragement of the crowd, all the detonations of the rifles must then merge into a single clap of thunder. It's the Fantasia Tbourida in Morocco, and it's a breathtaking spectacle. And that's why you have to attend a fantasia tbourida in Morocco. The Fantasy of the Fantasia You can almost feel the ground vibrate under the hooves of the Arab thoroughbred horses charging at full gallop, encouraged by the screams of their riders. Then at the end of a frantic race, it is the apotheosis. Shots ring out as one big explosion whose power surprises us even though we were expecting it. The riders and their mounts are engulfed in a cloud of smoke for a brief moment, before reappearing perfectly aligned in front of the spectators as if to bow out, to a rain of applause. We just have time to recover from our emotions and admire the beauty of their accoutrements and the richness of their finery before they turn around and trot back. I can assure you that you'll enjoy this impressive spectacle. Fantasia Tbourida, a Moroccan tradition of yesteryear Fantasia or Tbourida in Arabic is a very old prestigious practice of Berber origin which aims to simulate a military assault by cavalry of yesteryear. It is a groups of ten riders belonging to the same tribe or ethnic community and commanded by a chief called M’qaddem. According to tradition, the harness and saddlery of horses must be embroidered with 18-carat gold thread and the armament must be made by hand. The long parade rifles with chiseled butts inlaid with mother-of-pearl and ivory are rimmed in silver. The riders
Magnificent, richly adorned Arab stallions gallop in unison, ridden by riders in flaming Djellabas armed with black powder rifles. At the end of a frantic gallop under the encouragement of the crowd, all the detonations of the rifles must then merge into a single clap of thunder. It’s the Fantasia Tbourida in Morocco, and it’s a breathtaking spectacle. And that’s why you have to attend a fantasia tbourida in Morocco.
“The garden is a philosophy made visible”. It is a place that speaks to our souls. That connects us to what is deep in us, to nature and to our own nature. Every single garden is a place of spirituality. In addition to its cultural richness, Morocco is also the land of fauna and flora diversity, amongst which we find several hundred of stunning gardens, each one is more characteristic than the other. Read this article and discover a selection of 12 Morocco exotic gardens. RABAT GARDENS The Exotic Gardens The French horticultural engineer, Mr.Marcel François, created the Exotic Gardens of Rabat in the early 1950s and he opened them to the public ten years later. Mr. Marcel presented the gardens in three zones: a reception zone, comprising a playground and picnic area; a horticultural production area; and finally, by far the most impressive, the gardens area, a garden-nature, a garden-culture and an educational garden with a vivarium, an aquarium and a menagerie. Visitors hail these Exotic Gardens for their beauty and their diversity, beyond their plantations and their varied paths, surprised by the creativity and plasticity of the compositions, the meticulous perfection and the spirit of rigor of their layouts, the realism of the atmospheres evoked where nothing was left to chance (landscapes, biotope, climate…) with infinite possibilities of interpretation. As such, if the Gardens-natures reconstituted the forests of distant countries or regions (such as the Congo, the Antilles, Peru, China, Japan or Polynesia, etc.), the Gardens-cultures for their part translated the knowledge men. No wonder this garden is one of Morocco exotic gardens! The Botanical Testing Garden Another Morocco exotic garden is the Botanical Testing Garden in Rabat. It is a seventeen-hectare botanical garden located in the Agdal district of Rabat, centered on Avenue de la Victoire, with
“The garden is a philosophy made visible”. It is a place that speaks to our souls. That connects us to what is deep in us, to nature and to our own nature. Every single garden is a place of spirituality. In addition to its cultural richness, Morocco is also the land of fauna and flora diversity, amongst which we find several hundred of stunning gardens, each one is more characteristic than the other. Read this article and discover a selection of 12 Morocco exotic gardens.
