In the south of the
country, near the algerian frontier, there is the more vaste area
of stones and sand in the interior of Morocco. Certain sand dunes
can reah 200 m height. Even if the desert is not the most inviting
territory, due to the warm, it is inhabited. On this immense dry
area, the lake Srji allows the survival of the Saharan oasis Merzougha.
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More, the desert is frequented by the nomade populations called
‘the blue people’ that organise markets for the camels
every saturday, in the missle of the stone surfaces of the desert
or hamada. At south of Zagora, the manuscript coranic library of
Mohamed ibn Nasir, died in 1764 is situated inside of a religious
establishment or zaouïta. More at south, at Goulimine, every
saturday it takes place a market where the nomad societies such
as Tekna or the Reguibat, change goats, sheeps and dromedaries.
They are called the blue people due to their clothes. It is possible
to see at Smara the buildings in stone that were already famous
coranic centres. It seems that this establishment comprised more
than 500 precious volumes.
lThe Morocco’s desert offers a large variety: there is the
vast stone plain that lays from the Atlas to the Atlantic Ocean
at South of agadir. There are here jackals and dromadaries, and
in the sands of Sahara we can find the snakes and the scorpions.
In the green oasis at north there is also a human and animal life
very active. It’s up to you. |