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Taragalte Festival is a yearly music festival held in the Moroccan desert. The festival takes place five kilometres outside the village M’hamid El Ghizlane. The first Taragalte fesival was held in 2009. Each year the festival is held in November. The 2013 edition of the festival will be held on the 15th, 16th and 16th of November. The date was chosen to match with the original moussem, a traditional festival held when the trade caravans entered the big oasis of M’hamid, after traveling across the desert for months. Founders of the festival are Halim and Ibrahim Sbai.

The Taragalte Festival puts emphasis on cultural exchange between different communities of the North African Sahara and the rest of the world. Traditional and modern music, legends, stories, and customs are combined and brought to life.

The festival partners are: Province de Zagora, Moroccan National Office of Tourism, Paleo festival, Butterfly Works, Sahara Roots, Ouarzazate Film Commission