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By Elisabeth Myers and Amjad Hmidach
Fez - Prince Lalla Salma, consort of King Mohammed VI, chaired on Friday the opening ceremony of the Fez Festival of World Sacred Music.
Honoring Fes’ history and spirit of tolerance and transcendence, Morocco’s Princess Lalla Salma, wife of King Mohammed VI, opened the 21st Annual Festival of World Sacred Music yesterday in Fes with a spectacular opening concert, in essence an overture of the festival featuring 100 musicians and dancers from the Middle East and Africa and other parts of the world, giving a taste of the 50 concerts to come during the course of the festival which runs from May 22-30th to a standing room only audience.
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After welcome remarks given in Arabic, English, and then French, the concert began with a solo cello at stage left, leading into what sounded like a lullaby on a solo oud at center stage as a little djellaba-clad boy carried a lantern across the dimly lit stage, eventually growing to a full Andalusi orchestra, followed by a series of narrations in French interspersed with a diverse array of musical offerings reflecting the theme of this year’s festival -- “Fez: Through th
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By Nidal Chebbak
Morocco World News
Fez, February 15, 2012
Like in previous years, Mawazine Festival stirs a new controversy, as American R&B singer, Mariah Carey, is due to receive more than 830 thousand dollars to perform at the closing ceremony of the 11th edition of Mawazin festival, to be held between 18 and 26 May, 2012 in Rabat.
With her performance pay, Mariah Carey will rank second on Mawazin’s list of the highest paid entertainers, just behind the late Whitney Houston who received 890 thousand dollars for her 2008 performance. Ms. Carey’s performance pay will also top that of her Colombian counterpart, Shakira, who recently received 772 thousand dollars for 30 minutes on stage. These obscenely high compensations are heavily criticized by the majority of Moroccans who object to the lavish music festivals for their waste of money on international singers as opposed to meaningful investments that could help improve the living conditions of millions of Moroccans.
Last year, there were protests against Mawazin Festival due to the extravagant pay given to foreign singers. Moroccans are not against music festivals per se. But they would prefer more focus and attention on national artists who are highly talented and admired by the people and less demanding wh