The Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco is organizing a cultural and artistic evening entitled “Al-dur Al-Mmaknun Fi Dakirat Al-Malhoun” at the Mohammed V National Theater in Rabat. This event aims to celebrate the inclusion of the poetic-musical art of Malhoun on the UNESCO list of intangible heritage, thus marking international recognition for this distinctive element of Moroccan culture.
The event, designed and produced by Abdelmajid Fenniche, playwright and expert in heritage arts, will bring together around a hundred actors and musicians, as well as several contemporary poets. Since 2017, the Academy has actively worked on Malhoun's candidacy for inclusion on the list of intangible heritage of Humanity, involving poets, musicians, researchers and academics in numerous national and regional consultation meetings.
Considerable scientific work was carried out for the creation of the “Encyclopedia of Malhoun”, which currently has eleven volumes, and a documentary on this heritage art was also produced. The official inscription of Malhoun at UNESCO, announced in December during the 18th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Kasane, Botswana, represents an important step in the preservation and promotion of this ancestral Moroccan art.