Mawsim
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Mawsim or moussem (), waada, or raqb, is the term used in the Maghreb to designate an annual regional festival in which worshippers usually combine the religious celebration of local Marabouts or Sufi Tariqas, with various festivities and commercial activities. These are very popular events, often attended by people from very distant places.
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- Etymology
- Mawsim, moussem
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- Raqb
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Mawsim or moussem (), waada, or raqb, is the term used in the Maghreb to designate an annual regional festival in which worshippers usually combine the religious celebration of local Marabouts or Sufi Tariqas, with various festivities and commercial activities. These are very popular events, often attended by people from very distant places.
==Etymology== ===Mawsim, moussem=== Mawsim (pl. mawāsim) is an Arabic word literally meaning "season of, time of". It comes from the root w-s-m "to mark".