Heritage

Festival du Malouf de Testour

مهرجان المالوف بتستور

Season
July
Location
Testour, Béja
Since
1967

The Testour Malouf Festival is Tunisia's oldest traditional music festival. It is entirely dedicated to malouf, Tunisian Arab-Andalusian music inherited from the Moriscos expelled from Spain in the 17th century.

Testour, a small town in north-western Tunisia founded by the Andalusians, preserves architecture and culture deeply marked by this Hispano-Moorish heritage. The festival is held in the great mosque and public spaces of the town.

This unique event preserves and transmits an intangible musical heritage of exceptional richness, attracting music lovers and specialists in Arab-Andalusian music.

Next edition

Juillet 2027

Expected

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Past editions

6
2026

Cancelled

60e édition annulée

2025

21 Jul - 30 Jul

Ya Zaman El Wasl

2024

15 Jul - 21 Jul

Foundou

Syrine Ben Moussa

2020

54e édition

2018

52e édition

2016

50e anniversaire

Highlights

  • Tunisia's oldest traditional music festival
  • Malouf: Arab-Andalusian musical heritage
  • Town founded by Spanish Moriscos
  • Unique Hispano-Moorish architecture
  • Preserving intangible musical heritage

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