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Turismo y poder: las transformaciones de una fiesta popular en Marruecos

2004; Instituto de Investigación Social y Turismo; Volume: 2; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.25145/j.pasos.2004.02.003

2529-959X

María Jesús Berlanga Adell,

African Studies and Geopolitics

In the High Eastern Atlas mountains of Morocco every year there is a traditional celebration commonly known as Imilchil Moussem.The word moussem refers to a collective pilgrimage around the tomb of a saint which people practice regularly at a specific time of year.The one which takes place in the village called Imilchil has undergone a series of transformations over the years.These changes are connected not only to the power relations of this Berber region, but also to the increased amount of tourists coming to this area.It is these connections we attempt to analyse in this article.