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Hokitika Guardian, 4 January 1927, Page 1

MOORISH PAGEANT. MARRAKESH. (Morocco) Nov. 1. TTi© crash of big gunfire followed »y bursts of rifle fire at the break of dawn this moraine: ushered in the weddin<r day of the three sons of the Sultan. of Morocco. Shortly afterwards horsemen came into the city of Marrakesh to. escort the three bridegrooms to their father and the waiting brides. Within the great red walls the din and dust were terrific, with donkeys, camels, mules, horse cabs, and motor cars all pushing their way through crowds of pedestrians in the narrow streets. The Sultan’s vast parade grounds, surrounded by high red walls, groves of oTires, cypresses and palms, artificial lakes and green-tiled summer-houses, were packed with .spectators. On duty as police were the Sultan’s famous guards in their scarlet uniforms, white turbaris, and white Highland spats, their hand marching from square to square playing native and European tunes. In the biggest of these squares with crowds lined up ou every side, the Sultan sat in the upper storey of a sort of turret, his wives op each side of him behind a silk veil. CHARGING HORSEMEN. At the opposite end near the arch through which the princes entered was j gathered a manifieent group of several hundred horsemen, waving their guns and firing salutes. Every few minutes a section of these formed into line and charged through the whole length of the square at full gallop until within a few yards of the Sultan, when they fifed their guns above their heads and pulled up in a cloud of dust and smoke. • | Thousands of rifles were fired as the bridegrooms, superbly mountd, rode j solemnly with their hoods drawn over their faces, surrounded by some of their closest friends, also covered, and their attendants on either side waving off the flies with silk scarves. There was a wild rush by spectators to get closer, but the princes, followed hv a crowd of principal native chiefs of Morocco. were able to continue their ride towards the Snltan. On the left of the Sultan was a stand on which were M. Steeg, the French Resident General in Morocco, Mme. Steeg and the Frencii staff. As the princes approached the Sultan wave after wave of horsemen crossed the square at full gallop, the music grew louder and louder; the shooting ' became almost continuous. Clouds of ' dust and smoke obscured the view oi | almost everyone till the princes entered the palace for the official ceremony.

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