Tuesday, March 5, 2013

MOROCCO CULTURE

MOROCCO HAS MANY HAS MANY ETHNIC SOCIETIES AND A RICH  CULTURE.  THROUGHOUT THEIR HISTORY THEY CAME FROM THE EAST, ARABS, AFRICANS, ROMANS, MUSLIMS, AND JEWISH ALL LEFT AN IMPACT ON MOROCCO.  THESE FOLKS HAVE MANY BELIEFS.  MOROCCO'S PRIORITY IS PROTECTING ITS DIVERSITY AND PRESERVING ITS CULTURAL HERITAGE.

THE MAJORITY OF FOLKS ARE ARABS.  ONE HALF SPEAK AMAZIGH.  DURING AN ISLAMIC EXPANSION SOME ARABS CAME TO LIVE HERE.  AS ARAB BERBER COUNTRY.  ARAB IS THEIR OFFICIAL LANGUAGE.  MOST FOLKS LIKE ISLAMS,  THOUGH NON ARAB  FOLKSRESISTED ARAB INFLUENCE  HUNDREDS OF BERBER ASSOCIATIONS HAVE BEEN CREATED  TO DEFEND THEIR CULTURE AND IDENTITY IN THE LAST FEW DECADES IN MORROCCO AND ALGERIA.

BOTH MEN AND WOMEN WEAR DJELLABA - A LONG LOOSE HODED GARMENT .  MEN WEAR A RED CAP.  WOMEN WEAR KAFTANS CREATED WITH  DJELLARA - A LONG LOOSE HODED GARMENT.  MEN WEAR A RED CAP.  WOMEN WEAR KAFTANS DECORATED WITH ORNAMENTS.  THE WOMEN'S GARMENTS ARE BRIGHTLY COLORED.  THE DECORATIONS ON THEIR GARMENTS ARE DONE BY HAND AND THEY ARE EXPENSIVE.  THEY USUALLY PURCHSE A NEW KAFTAN EVERY YEAR.

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