Mariam Taidi-Chefchaouen

Her voice shook the auditorium, the audience warmly applauded her, and stood up to greet her and call her to heal.

The face of the icon of the mountain folk art in Morocco did not prevent Shama El-Zaz, tired and the impact of illness and emaciation, on her smile from her audience and gratitude for the recognition and recognition of her artistic track in the mountain song, which she received at the National Festival of Mountain Heritage, which was hosted by the Moroccan city of Chefchaouen on 22nd To 23 November.

Maintenance and valuation
In its fifth edition, the Mountain Heritage Festival seeks to introduce and promote the mountain song (named after the region of Jebala in the northwest of Morocco), known locally as the Mountain Cattle.

The festival aims, according to its organizers, to evaluate and preserve the color of the region's comprehensive heritage of bass, rhymes, fluorescent, dances, musical instruments and special singing color by encouraging, honoring and supporting the pioneers of this art.

The Ibn Mishish Association for the Care of Cultural Heritage - the organization of the festival - to organize training and awareness workshops for young people, in order to publicize the heritage of the region and bequeath to future generations.

Members of the association participated in the festival, presenting folkloric paintings that draw upon the region's heritage.

Privacy and richness
The mountain heritage is characterized by its peculiarities, and the festival's director, Saber Ajnah, assures Al Jazeera Net that the Moroccan mountain heritage is characterized by the fact that it combines the Amazigh origins of the region with the Andalusian style.

`` The mountain song is rich in the values ​​stored in it, '' said the head of Ibn Mishish Heritage Care Society, Abdel Salam Bouabid.

The mountainous artistic heritage is characterized by fluidity, a kind of improvised eeta, which was performed during harvest and harvesting seasons.

The mountain song has old and new pioneers, and lovers across the world have not been prevented by the rain and the coldness of the city of Chefchaouen in this chapter from attending its festival, which made its organizers aspire to become an international, pollinating the folklore of several countries.