The 15th edition of the National Ra\u00ef Festival is set to make its highly anticipated return to its historical birthplace, Sidi Bel Abb\u00e8s, from August 31 to September 3, 2026. The Minister of Culture and Arts announced this significant cultural event, emphasizing a strong desire to reconnect the major festival with its roots in the city.<\/p>\n
This upcoming edition is planned as a tribute to Sa\u00e2dia Badi\u00e2, widely known as Cheikha Rimitti, an emblematic and historical figure of Ra\u00ef music and a native of Sidi Bel Abb\u00e8s. Her unique voice carried the essence of Ra\u00ef to international stages, and this homage recognizes her immense career and contributions to the genre.<\/p>\n
Beyond the musical event, the festival's return to its origins represents an important dialogue with Algerian cultural memory. It underscores that Ra\u00ef, often celebrated as Algeria's gift to the world, remains deeply embedded in the nation's identity and popular culture. The Ministry of Culture and Arts aims for this edition to be a powerful and symbolic moment, celebrating the diverse Algerian soul.<\/p>\n
The event will further highlight that Ra\u00ef music, which has historically narrated the daily lives, joys, and sorrows of ordinary people, has successfully transcended geographical boundaries. It has established itself permanently in humanity's memory as a universal Algerian heritage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The 15th National Ra\u00ef Festival will return to its historical birthplace, Sidi Bel Abb\u00e8s, from August 31 to September 3, 2026. This edition, announced by the Minister of Culture and Arts, will pay tribute to the genre’s founding icon, Cheikha Rimitti.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":68780,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68781\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/68780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}