The text presented here is "tangguift" by Aît Tghejijt. Tangguift refers to wedding rituals. For the Chleuhs, as throughout the Maghreb, marriage is a crossroads of social, legal, emotional and moral values. It's a day that everyone looks forward to at least once in their lives.
Moroccan Wedding
The Moroccan wedding is the richest traditional event in Morocco, closely linked to ancestral traditions and customs. It is also considered one of the most important and sacred decisions. Moroccan weddings are celebrated for days on end, and are a joyous occasion for social gathering. [...]
Wedding Oujdi
Creation de Ziana Zahara Styling - Chedda Tetouania In the middle of the terrace of a house in the center of the town of Taza, a hundred kilometers from Oujda, a caidal tent could be seen illuminated by lanterns. From afar, songs of praise to the Prophet and youyous could be heard. Under the porch [...]
Fassi Wedding
In Fez, weddings combine the festive with the religious, giving rise to a complicated sequence of meticulously prepared ceremonies, beginning before the announcement of the engagement and ending with the seven wedding nights. In a well-documented study published in 1947, Roger Le Tourneau described at length the Moroccan wedding ceremonial in [...].
History of the Moroccan Jabador
In this article, a short presentation of the book Costumes du Maroc by Jean Besancenot Al Kalam Editions-Diffusion. In a vast geographical area stretching from the Middle Atlas to the heart of the Sahara, women's costumes still exist today, dating back to Roman times. The sheer variety of these costumes makes [...]