Strong, brave men (sometimes women and children) ride on their horses, raise their arms, grow up and cheer, organize in a tight row, wait for the leader's signal, to set off in harmony and unity until they reach their goal, then shoot at once.
Strong, brave men (sometimes women and children) ride on their horses, raise their arms, grow up and cheer, organize in a tight row, wait for the leader's signal, to set off in harmony and unity until they reach their goal, then shoot at once.
This is not a scene from a war battle, but a celebratory moment in which chants fly more than the soaking of horses’ hooves, and congratulations and blessings are exchanged. It is a scene from a very realistic fantasy called “Taborida.” study, to be recognized as a world heritage of mankind.It is credited to Morocco that it initiated the revival of this festive heritage after it began to disappear and disappear in the nineties of the twentieth century, due to the aging of the last generation that used to preserve this heritage, and it is today the country that most celebrates this spectacle and its main hero (the horse), but “Taborida” is one of the monuments that witness to the Maghreb unity and the decline of the peoples of North Africa from the same civilization, as the area extending from Mauritania to Tunisia, passing through Morocco and Algeria, preserves the effects and remnants of this gap mixed with history and pride that characterizes the relationship of the person of this region to his land?
Gunpowder sport.. an ancient equestrian game for Moroccans
It is a traditional folk sport, practiced by some tribes with ancient traditions associated with horses, as a flock of knights in uniform and firing gunpowder-charged weapons collectively line up at the end of each painting. This sport summarizes many chapters of Moroccan history in its relationship to wars, resistance and pride in the purebred horse.
There are many names for equestrian displays, including taburideh, playing gunpowder and bardia, but most of them are derived from the Arabic word “gunpowder”, and the Amazigh name for this art is “Tagghout”, and refers to the spatial space of the parade (which corresponds to the “motor” in Moroccan colloquial Arabic) . [1]