Tuesday, June 25, 2024 at 11:20
Oujda – The “Family music” group from the Guelmim-Oued Noun region won first prize on Sunday in Oujda at the National Youth Music Festival, organized by the Ministry of Youth, Culture and Communication – department of the youth.
The “Al Baraâ” troupe from the Souss-Massa region took second position while third place went to the Dar chabab El Massira EL Khadra club from the Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra region.
The jury of this festival competition, chaired by the artist and composer Abdel Ouahed Azizi El Alaoui, awarded the Male Excellence Prize to the young artist Mohamed Ali Aila from the Dar chabab El Massira El Khadra club and the Female Excellence Prize to the young artist Meryem Khairi from the “Al Baraâ” troupe. The “Collective Harmony” prize went to the “Family Music” troupe.
A total of 12 teams competed for the first three places in the National Youth Music Festival competition, after the qualifiers initiated at the provincial and regional levels and which saw the participation of youth centers from various regions of the Kingdom during the months of April and May of the current year.
In a statement to MAP, the head of the Support Service for Youth Associations at the Ministry of Youth, Culture and Communication – Department of Youth, Jelloul Dhibi, stressed that this artistic event is part of as part of a series of activities programmed by the ministry in the spaces of youth centers, noting that the festival was an opportunity for the public of the city of Oujda to enjoy musical genres from different regions of the Kingdom.
For his part, Ahmed Hamdaoui, from the regional youth directorate of the Oriental region, indicated that this national festival, organized on the occasion of International Music Day, constitutes the crowning of a journey characterized by the organization of provincial qualifiers in which around 600 musical teams from the province participated, then regional qualifiers during which 12 teams representing the various regions of Morocco qualified.
The National Youth Music Festival aims to develop a taste for music among young talents and to create a spirit of competition and expression through their artistic creativity.
