‘Travelers Four’ travels to Moroccospecifically to the town of Essaouira, and there he meets Maria Ramos, actress who played Hamida in ‘Eight Moroccan Surnames’. The coastal town is the same setting where she first appeared in the film, as her character was originally from there. With her, the programme takes us through the beautiful place.
Three hours from Marrakech, María Ramos highlighted the beauty of the port and emphasized the kindness of the locals, something that was captured by the cameras of ‘Viajeros Cuatro’ in his walk through Essaouira among blue boats attached to the wallThe port of Essaouira has preserved the traditional form of fishing since the 18th century and until the port of Casablanca was built it was the most important.
María Ramos, half Andalusian and half Moroccan, has toured the place with ‘Viajeros Cuatro’ remembering with great affection the filming of the movie ‘Eight Moroccan Surnames’Among the anecdotes, she recounted that the number of seagulls in the port was sometimes a problem. “There are so many. We had to cut them off from time to time because they wanted to take over the spotlight,” she said. In addition, the actress explained and showed some Moroccan traditions, such as ‘haggling’ in the market or the great following of the king.
