Maâtas – Wikipedia

Moss (in Kabyle: Mɛetqa or Imaεtuqen, in tifinagh: ⵎⵄⴻⵜⵇⴰ, in Arabic: معاتقة) is an Algerian commune of the wilaya of Tizi Ouzou, in the region of Kabylia, located 20 km southwest of Tizi Ouzou.

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The town of Maâtkas is located southwest of the wilaya of Tizi Ouzou.

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During the administrative division of 1984, the town of Maâtkas was made up of the following localities ^{[ 4 ]} :

The name of the municipality means “Hospital” in tamazight ^{[Precision required]} .

Maâtkas is renowned for her millennial pottery ^{[ 5 ] , [ 6 ]} .
And like most of the municipalities of Kabylia, Maatkas is an important player in the region’s oleicole production.

Maatkas also known as “Capital of Pottery” or “City of Pottery”, in fact since 2010, each year, during the month of July, the local pottery festival is organized. During this event, which spread over a week, local craft exhibitions are organized. In recent years, the festival has been enriched by concerts animated by singers of the local or regional scene.
We can notably quote Ali Amrane, from Iguariden, Lani Rabah, Ahcene Nath Zaïm and many others.

Added to the pottery party, “the Olivier festival”, this ceremony is generally held in one of the villages in the region known as Ait Zaim.

The Olivier Festival provides several workshops on olive growing, guided tours of oil centers in the region, guests attend demonstrations on planting operations on the fields, the manufacture of olive soaps, the Oil extraction according to traditional methods. ^{[ 7 ]}

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