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annual gathering of more than thirty tribes from southern Morocco and other parts of Northwest Africa
The Tan-Tan Moussem is an annual gathering held since 1963 by more than thirty tribes from southern Morocco and other parts of Northwest Africa in Tan-Tan, a town in south-western Morocco. In traditional Berber culture, a moussem is "a type of annual fair with economic, cultural and social functions."