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The Moroccan caftan: seeing a collective work of craft and transmission
Inscribed by UNESCO in 2025, the Moroccan caftan reveals a collective work of fabric, tailoring, embroidery, braid, buttons and transmission.
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The oud in Morocco: listen to an instrument, a craft and a transmission
The oud is discovered through wood, tuning, listening and transmission. A multinational nomination under examination in 2026 highlights the breadth of these…
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Rabat embroidery: looking at design, stitch and transmission
In Rabat, looking at embroidery means following design, thread, gesture and transmission rather than reducing the work to a simple souvenir.
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Falconry in Morocco: see a relationship rather than a spectacle
UNESCO inscribes falconry as living human heritage. In Morocco, it can be read through relationship, transmission and responsibility rather than spectacle.
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Taskiwin: seeing a dance as transmission
Taskiwin connects rhythm, movement, craft and transmission in the western High Atlas. Understand why it is on the Urgent Safeguarding List.
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Moussem of Tan-Tan: understand a space of exchange and transmission
The Moussem of Tan-Tan is a space of exchange, poetry and Hassaniya traditions: understand it beyond the festival image.
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Moroccan copperware: look at the skill before the shine
A metal tray carries traces of cutting, hammering and engraving. Practical clues for viewing Moroccan copperware beyond the decorative object.
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Beyond argan oil: skills, tools and transmission
Behind argan oil are a tree, skills, tools and transmission. Read this living heritage without reducing it to a product on a…
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The argan tree: understanding living heritage before buying a product
The argan tree is connected to practices, knowledge and transmission in south-west Morocco. Read this living heritage beyond the product.
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Henna in Morocco: heritage made of gestures, rituals and transmission
In Morocco, henna connects a plant, gestures, celebrations and transmission. A documented account of living heritage beyond decorative patterns.
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Morocco’s khettaras: reading invisible water in the landscape
Khettaras carry groundwater towards oases through gently sloping galleries. Understanding this living knowledge changes how the landscape is read.
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The date palm: living heritage in Morocco’s oases
In Morocco’s oases, date palms connect food, irrigation, craft and memory. Understand this living heritage before treating it as background scenery.
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Malhun: when Moroccan poetry becomes music
Sung poetry, traditional instruments and collective memory: practical context for recognising Malhun and listening attentively in Morocco.
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Tbourida in Morocco: understanding a living equestrian tradition
Tbourida brings together riders, horses, dress, transmission and a synchronized shot. Understanding the practice reveals much more than spectacle.
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Moroccan Breads and Pastries: A Journey from Region to Region
A culinary journey through doughs, cooking methods, techniques and occasions, with guidance on buying, tasting and asking questions without inventing a single…
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Riad, dar and kasbah: understanding traditional Moroccan housing
An architectural glossary to distinguish between riad, dar, kasbah and ksar, including their uses, materials and contemporary transformations.
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Moroccan Jewish heritage: mellahs, synagogues and shared memory
A journey through an essential component of Moroccan history, from mellahs to restored synagogues, without reducing a living memory to its monuments.
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Moroccan Gardens: From the Historic Agdal to Contemporary Creations
An exploration of Moroccan gardens through water, shade, orchards and uses, from the great historic agdals to contemporary creations.
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