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Fantasia

by Karim El Maktafi (Italy)

Morocco

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Before the run participants wait for their turn. Bouznika, Morocco, 2017. Fantasia, stands for the breathtaking sport and equestrian art that has being practiced in Morocco and other Maghreb countries since the 8th Century. It is a tribal, rural and religious tradition.
Before the run participants wait for their turn. Bouznika, Morocco, 2017. Fantasia, stands for the breathtaking sport and equestrian art that has being practiced in Morocco and other Maghreb countries since the 8th Century. It is a tribal, rural and religious tradition.
Fantasia horsemen shoot. All the group charges along a straight path at the same speed to form a line. Towards the end of the about-two-hundred-meters run they fire into the sky using their moukhalas: the complexity of the performance is the synchronicity of movements and shots by all the horsemen.
Fantasia horsemen shoot. All the group charges along a straight path at the same speed to form a line. Towards the end of the about-two-hundred-meters run they fire into the sky using their moukhalas: the complexity of the performance is the synchronicity of movements and shots by all the horsemen.
At the end of his team’s performance, a participant takes control of his horse before quitting the main field. Bouznika, Morocco, 2017.
At the end of his team’s performance, a participant takes control of his horse before quitting the main field. Bouznika, Morocco, 2017.
The relationship between the horses and their riders is usually really close. Bouznika, Morocco, 2017.
The relationship between the horses and their riders is usually really close. Bouznika, Morocco, 2017.
Fantasia horseman, wearing a traditional djellaba matching his team’s color and a, purely decorative, nimcha sword. Bouznika, Morocco, 2017.
Fantasia horseman, wearing a traditional djellaba matching his team’s color and a, purely decorative, nimcha sword. Bouznika, Morocco, 2017.

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