CULTURE
Azerbaijan attends 12th Mawazine Festival in Rabat
Baku, June 1 (AZERTAC). Azerbaijan`s mugham singer, People Artist Zabit Nabizade is attending the 12th Mawazine Festival in Rabat, Morocco.
The Azeri mugham singer was accompanied by Ali Asgar Mammadov (tar) and Khayyam Mammadov (kamancha) at the festival.
Mawazine is a festival of world music that takes place annually in the Moroccan capital. Rabat is featuring Arab and international music icons. There have many Mawazines since the beginning of 2001.
Mawazine is one of several events which are intended to promote an image of Morocco as a tolerant nation, with a post on the event`s website declaring that the festival intends to promote and support Rabat, as a city open to the world. Artists such as Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Shakira, Mika, Sugababes, Stevie Wonder, Kylie Minogue, LMFAO, Pitbull and Alicia Keys have performed at Mawazine.