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Talking on the exhibition “Moroccan Sahara: a thousand-year-old archaeological heritage” in addition to the discussion board on “the scientific worth of tangible and intangible heritage within the Moroccan Sahara”, Mr. Bensaid stated that archaeological analysis revealed the succession of historic civilizations on this area of the Kingdom, courting again to the Decrease Paleolithic period or what is called the Acheulean interval.
He continued that this period was characterised by way of distinctive stone instruments, reminiscent of stone axes which had been found at Aousserd in “Kourcia”, at “Boulariah” and in different websites within the Basin of Smara, particularly Oued “Essafa”, “Aasli”, “Boukerch” and “Larchiouat”.
The minister recalled that the Moroccan Sahara skilled intense actions of Homo sapiens, significantly throughout the Center Paleolithic interval, characterised by way of leafy factors for looking, along with the multiplicity of archaeological websites courting again within the so-called “Aterian” period, which can also be characterised by precision within the manufacture of stone instruments, in addition to the trendy eras of prehistory in Morocco.
He famous that the Neolithic websites, courting again roughly 4,000 years, revealed the use by man of distinctive strategies within the manufacture and ornament of pottery particular to the Moroccan Sahara as a cultural identification, in addition to concerning the strategies of domesticating animals and making exact leaf factors referred to as “Saharan leaf factors”.
Mr. Bensaid added that a number of archaeological websites reminiscent of these present in Aousserd (Draman, Boulariah, Madess) and within the province of Es-Semara (Larchiouat and Kor Lbard) bear witness to this period, observing that these websites present clearly man’s apply for stability for hundreds of years.
This period and the one which adopted (prehistory), bore witness to an abundance and nice range within the subject of rock artwork masking a number of intervals, as confirmed by present knowledge within the websites of “Zeaâr” and “Tiwatssène ” in Aousserd, “Aouinet Azguer” in Tantan, in addition to “Larchiouat” and “Tazoua” in Es-Smara. This era was additionally marked by an abundance of funerary monuments of assorted shapes, underlined the minister.
Mr. Bensaid indicated that the archaeological heritage within the Moroccan Sahara not solely contributes to studying extra concerning the historical past of Morocco, but additionally helps to know a part of the traditional historical past of all humanity.
Along with this materials heritage, provides the minister, the Moroccan Sahara is characterised by the variety of its intangible heritage, notably the Hassani cultural heritage with its varied heritage, anthropological and social interactions, its creative formations, its well-established rituals and customs, which is taken into account a residing human legacy.
For his half, the president of the Council of the Dakhla-Oued Eddahab area, El Khattat Yanja, indicated that the Council pays specific consideration to the promotion of Hassani tradition, and to the implementation of the provisions of the cultural part to via a program contract for financing and implementing the area’s built-in growth program, for which an quantity of 52.41 million DH (MDH) is allotted, together with 20.76 MDH for the area, devoted to the implementation of 6 tasks to assist and strengthen the sector.
Mr. Yanja added, in a speech learn on his behalf by the vice-president of the Regional Council, Dahi Hormatallah, that these tasks concern the creation of a conservatory of music and choreographic arts in Dakhla, an upgrading program and promotion of Hassani music, the group of cultural and creative festivals, the safety of the archaeological websites of Adrar Soutouf (province of Aousserd), and the registration of greater than 30 archaeological websites within the area within the nationwide register of heritage, and the creation of a listing of Hassani intangible heritage.
With the goal of strengthening this program, continued Mr. Yanja, one other partnership settlement was signed with the Ministry of Tradition, represented by its Regional Directorate, with a view to creating and equipping the multidisciplinary heritage heart archaeological and pure web site of Aousserd, for an quantity of 4.5 MDH, to develop the Maison de la Tradition de Bir Gandouz, and to construct a multidisciplinary room for an quantity of two.2 MDH.
For his half, the president of the Dakhla Municipal Council, Erragheb Hormatallah, indicated that the Hassani-Sahrawi tributary, which represents a diversified historic heritage in its tributaries and a nationwide identification within the Kingdom, constitutes one of many strategic axes within the packages of the Municipal Council, as a lever for financial and social growth and a catalyst for the promotion of this heritage, in accordance with the Excessive Directions of His Majesty King Mohammed VI.
He pressured that the promotion of Hassani cultural heritage, as one of many pillars of genuine Moroccan identification, has grow to be essential to improve town of Dakhla by making it a vacationer, historic and cultural vacation spot at regional ranges. and nationwide, which pushed the Municipal Council to undertake a sure variety of measures and packages to revive genuine historic monuments and monitor, stock and shield historic websites.
He famous that the Hassani cultural heritage preservation undertaking is a necessary component inside the framework of the brand new growth technique of the southern provinces of the Kingdom, praising the measures taken by the competent authorities to advertise and protect this genuine cultural heritage, being on condition that it’s an integral a part of Moroccan nationwide tradition and certainly one of its necessary tributaries.
For his half, Professor Abdeljalil Bouzouggar, made a presentation of the exhibition and the scientific discussion board entitled “Prehistoric antiquities in Morocco in its African surroundings”, via which he centered on the richness of a part of the archaeological heritage within the Moroccan Sahara, tangible and intangible heritage and examined the implementation of scientific tasks within the area.
On this event, the regional director of Tradition, Mamoune El Boukhari, offered a presentation by which he mentioned an important achievements of the cultural sector within the area of Dakhla-Oued Eddahab, reviewing a lot of occasions having marked the regional creative and cultural scene.
Mr. El Boukhari additionally reviewed the function performed by the Regional Directorate of Tradition when it comes to cultural animation within the area, the preservation and promotion of tangible and intangible cultural heritage. He additionally gave an outline of future cultural tasks on the regional degree.
The exhibition “Moroccan Sahara: a thousand-year-old archaeological heritage”, which was inaugurated by Mr. Bensaid, accompanied by the secretary basic of the Dakhla-Oued Eddahab area and a number of other elected officers and heads of exterior companies, features a sure variety of reveals, instruments and fragments courting from the Decrease Paleolithic: Acheulean and Center Paleolithic: Aterian and Neolithic.
Alongside this exhibition, the scientific discussion board across the theme “the scientific worth of tangible and intangible heritage within the Moroccan Sahara”, is enhanced by the participation of an viewers of professors, researchers and consultants within the subject of antiquities. , heritage and rock engravings.
The 4 scientific panels of this two-day discussion board will deal with “the geological – geomorphological and pure framework of the Saharan zones and the means to attain sustainable growth”, “an outline of rock artwork within the Moroccan Sahara”, “the administration of the cultural heritage of the Dakhla-Oued Eddahab area”, and “The Hassani heritage within the Dakhla-Oued Eddahab area and the challenges of its preservation”.
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