Tajine !

In July 1999, Safi was featured in the Guinness World Records's book by making the biggest Tajine in the world, containing sardine balls . Two hundred women participated in the preparation of this gigantic dish. According to the organizers, 12 tonnes of sardines and 500 kg of animal fat have been required to cook 6 tons of Sardine balls.
The cover of the Tajine is 4.5 m high, and its diameter is 6.3 m. The giant Tajine was decorated by the best potters of the city.

MOYA

His name is Mouhsine , best known as MOYA ,a young talented artist , he loves  art , waves and  cats , we had a little chat with him , full of laughter and kindness and most of all Love and honesty !

 -Are you recording?

-Yes.

-Meoooow ….

*Laughter*

-let’s get started!!

-what are your favorite places in Safi?

-I love the beaches, Rass Lafaa , Swiriya ,Lala Fatna, Cap …the whole coast.

-Do people in Safi understand your art?

-Yes Yes, they do , from friends to family to facebook fans, I get a positive feedback , people complimenting and encouraging me , its motivating .They respect my Work and I appreciate it .

-If we ask you to change one thing about Safi, what would it be?

-Some of its architecture, I‘ll remove the Train’s rail next to the sea castle, remove the port and place it somewhere else , outside the town, so the beach will start from the sea castle to the actual beach , It would be a nice walk over there, and if someone ever feels like swimming they can do it right away from “Rabat Street”

-A place to recommend!

-The Potters hill.

-Something you want to say:

-My workshop is open for everyone, if anyone got questions or remarks, they should feel free to say them, I  am open to collaborations and sharing techniques .

-كي سجل دابا؟

-اه.

-“مياو”

-آش كيعجبك فآسفي؟

-كيعجبوني لي بلاج (لبحور),لا بلاج ديال آسفي, لالا فاطنة, الصويرية, الكاب...

-واش ناس آسفي كيفهمو الفن ديالك؟

-آه. صحابي, عائلتي, لي فان فلابج ديالي, عندهم واحد الحس الفني أو كاي فهمو أو كيحتارمو هادشي لي كان دير, كي شجعوني.

-إلا كلنا ليك بدل شي حاجة فالمدينة,آش غادية تكون؟

-غادي نحيد السكة ديال تران من حدا قصر البحر, أو نحيد المرصى أو نحطها فبلاصة خرى خارج المدينة باش تولي لبلايا كبيرة, تولي لابلاج كتبدى من قصر البحر, باش إيولي الواحد كيتمشى فشارع الرباط أو إلى رشقت ليه إنقز من تمى أو يعوم.

-شي بلاصة تنصح الناس إزوروها؟

-تل الفخارة.

-تزيد شي حاجة؟

-لاتوليي ديالي مفتوح للجميع, لي عندو شي ملاحظة على العمل ديالي مرحبا, أو لي بغا يخدم معايا سواء فالرسم, السينما أي حاجة متعلقة بالفن مرحبا بيه حتا هو.

Yummy time !!

Most of you people must have noticed Kaâb ghzal " Gazelle's horns ", and for those who are not from Safi , let me introduce to you the ultimate Safi's specialty "Massaban",the one with sprinkles on the top, and the other one with cream on it , is walnut small cake. Miam Miam

The Citadel - Dar Soultan

A citadel is built , here we are somewhere in between the 12th and 13th century , the Almohads inaugurated it. And in the 16th century , more exactly around 1508 to 1541 ,the Portuguese  have provided the citadel with a large tower engraved with a crest of the Portuguese king Emmanuel.
By the eighteenth century ,the fortress was transformed into a castle for the Alaouites who built  a house called the Bahia from which the name "Dar Soultan" ,House of the Sultan .
Currently this monument has become the National Ceramics Museum.
And because a picture is worth a thousands words ,we'll leave you with some beautiful shots:

At first sight , it may look like some Dinosaur's foot, a weird one at least , but in fact this "Dino Tree" is 360 years old , and I wonder how many stories it would have said if it could speak!

It's worth a visit, a lot of amazing views and things to see. We couldn't show you everything because "Dar Soultan" is temporarly closed for renovation, All we shared are some old pictures we had. But we promise you that once the door's Museum will be opened we'll take more pictures for you.

Welcome to Safi

           Safi, the magical city located in the west of Morocco(which is  also in the north west of the African continent). Safi (or Asfi as we call it in Morocco) is not magical in the "Lord of the rings"'s way or "Narnia"'s way, but in its own way. You probably never heard of it before, and that's why we made "Nice To Meet You Safi". This blog is made after realizing how much our city was, and is still neglected and Marginalized by all kinds of media, even though Safi is one of the oldest and deep-rooted cities of Morocco, Safiiiiiiiiiiiuhzrgkjzjb bfzkef... I'm sorry, I fell asleep on my keyboard... Anyway, what I was saying is that... you may not be reading what I'm writing so here's a picture.

           Happy now? Good. Now back to our topic,if you ask people who lived in Safi for quiet sometime then left for an other place, they will probably tell you that they hated it when they first came in ( especially because of the circulating stereotypes), but once used to it, either they can't leave it anymore or if they had to,they somehow miss it, and that's the magic I was telling you about in the beginning. There are a lot of things you need to know about this city, so that's why we decided to keep you updated on what's going on. We hope you'll enjoy this journey with us throughout our blog.