Of horses and men : the art of tbourida in Morocco

« The tbourida has the particularity of having three aspects; of being both an art of war (means and processes), ars in the Latin sense of the term (shill, technique) and simply art, in the sense that it provides real aesthetic pleasure. It is no surprise that it constitutes an essential element of the intangible heritage of Morocco. »

Fouad Laroui, awarded the Prix Goncourt and the Grande Médaille of the Académie Française, has been fascinated by tbourida since he first discovered it as a child at the Moussem of Moulay Abdellah Amghar. Here he puts pen to paper to do justice to his lifelong passion.