1.
SV PROCESSION TOWARDS CAMERA
0.05

2.
SV KING HASSAN II ON HORSEBACK IN PROCESSION (2 SHOTS)
0.16

3.
GV PROCESSION
0.21

4.
SV KING HASSAN IN PROCESSION
0.30

5.
CU MOUNTED GUARD
0.34

6.
GV PROCESSION
0.43

7.
GV CROWD PRAYING
0.51

8.
SV MOUNTED TROOPS LOOK ON
0.56

9.
GV CROWD PRAY
1.01

10.
SV KING RETURNS TO PALACE IN PROCESSION (3 SHOTS)
1.20



Initials WW/VS/AS/SGM



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Background: KING HASSAN II OF MOROCCO YESTERDAY RODE IN PROCESSION FROM HIS PALACE IN RABAT TO ATTEND A RELIGIOUS SERVICE TO MARK THE END OF THE MUSLIM FASTING MONTH OF RAMADAN. THIS IS THE YEAR 1389 IN THE MUSLIM CALENDAR.

THE TRADITIONAL END-OF-RAMADAN CEREMONY IN RABAT WAS ALSO ATTENDED BY PRINCE SIDI MOHAMMED AND PRINCE MOULAY ABDALLAH, AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT AND MUSLIM MEMBERS OF THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.

THE PRAYERS THAT MARKED THE END OF THE FAST ALSO SIGNALLED THE START OF THE FESTIVAL OF IDD-EL-FITR, WHICH WILL BE MARKED BY FETES, FEASTS, AND THE GIVING OF ALMS.

KING HASSAN GRANTED TOTAL OF PARTIAL AMNESTY TO 259 PRISONERS TO MARK THE START OF IDD-EL-FITR.