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| '''Mawazine''' ({{lang-ar|موازين|mawāzīn}}, meaning "rhythms of the world") is a Moroccan International [[music festival]] held annually in [[Rabat]], [[Morocco]], featuring many international and local music artists. The festival is presided over by [[Mounir Majidi]], the personal secretary of the Moroccan King [[Mohammed VI of Morocco|Mohammed VI]] and founder and president of Maroc Culture, the cultural foundation that organizes Mawazine and other events.<ref name="variety.com">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2014/music/news...-mawazine-music-fest-1201112457/|title=Justin Timberlake to Open Morocco's Mawazine Music Fest|first=Nick|last=Vivarelli|work=Variety|date=19 February 2014}}</ref> | '''Mawazine''' ({{lang-ar|موازين|mawāzīn}}, meaning "rhythms of the world") is a Moroccan International [[music festival]] held annually in [[Rabat]], [[Morocco]], featuring many international and local music artists. The festival is presided over by [[Mounir Majidi]], the personal secretary of the Moroccan King [[Mohammed VI of Morocco|Mohammed VI]] and founder and president of Maroc Culture, the cultural foundation that organizes Mawazine and other events.<ref name="variety.com">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2014/music/news...-mawazine-music-fest-1201112457/|title=Justin Timberlake to Open Morocco's Mawazine Music Fest|first=Nick|last=Vivarelli|work=Variety|date=19 February 2014}}</ref> |
| The 2013 festival was attended by an estimated 2.5 million people, making Mawazine the largest festival in the world after [[Donauinselfest]] in [[Vienna]]. With 90 acts on 7 stages it has the highest ratio of attendees per stage in the world.<ref name="The 10 biggest Music Festivals in the World">{{cite news|url=http://www.mtviggy.com/lists/the-10-biggest-music-festivals-in-the-world-2/|title=The 10 biggest music festivals in the world|date=2013-05-24|access-date=2015-06-21|publisher=MTVIGGY}}</ref> | The 2018 festival was attended by an estimated 3 million people, making Mawazine the largest festival in the world after [[Donauinselfest]] in [[Vienna]]. With 90 acts on 7 stages it has the highest ratio of attendees per stage in the world.<ref name="The 10 biggest Music Festivals in the World">{{cite news|url=http://www.mtviggy.com/lists/the-10-biggest-music-festivals-in-the-world-2/|title=The 10 biggest music festivals in the world|date=2013-05-24|access-date=2015-06-21|publisher=MTVIGGY}}</ref> |
| Mawazine is one of several events which are intended to promote an image of [[Morocco]] as a tolerant nation, and a post on the event's website declares that the goal of the festival is to promote Rabat as a city open to the world.<ref name="Deadly stampede at Rabat festival"/><ref name="11 killed in stampede at Rabat world music festival"/> It has nonetheless sparked controversy, and some Moroccan politicians have criticised the event for "encouraging immoral behaviour," as well as critiquing its purported financing by Moroccan state-owned companies or private companies whose only client is the Moroccan state.<ref name="Deadly stampede at Rabat festival">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8065651.stm|title=Deadly stampede at Rabat festival|date=2009-05-24|access-date=2009-05-25|work=BBC News}}</ref><ref name="11 killed in Rabat stampede (KBC)"/> | Mawazine is one of several events which are intended to promote an image of [[Morocco]] as a tolerant nation, and a post on the event's website declares that the goal of the festival is to promote Rabat as a city open to the world.<ref name="Deadly stampede at Rabat festival"/><ref name="11 killed in stampede at Rabat world music festival"/> It has nonetheless sparked controversy, and some Moroccan politicians have criticised the event for "encouraging immoral behaviour," as well as critiquing its purported financing by Moroccan state-owned companies or private companies whose only client is the Moroccan state.<ref name="Deadly stampede at Rabat festival">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8065651.stm|title=Deadly stampede at Rabat festival|date=2009-05-24|access-date=2009-05-25|work=BBC News}}</ref><ref name="11 killed in Rabat stampede (KBC)"/> |
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