• Museum El Khorbat 1

    January 5, 2020 in Morocco ⋅ ☀️ 50 °F

    Dressing
    Each tribe has its special mode of dress and ornamentation. Generally, men dress in a wool or cotton gown, the Jellaba, or sometimes a cloak called azennar or selham, complemented with a leather shepherd's bag and a danger.
    They head is not covered, just tied with a little black or white turban.
    Women wrap up with a shawl embroidered with the pictures of their tribe. It has various names depending on the tribe. This shawl cover their body and ofter the , head, sometimes even the face. If it doesn't a scarf is used as well. They have several tattoos on their face, which show their tribal membership. They always wear a lot of silver Jewelry.
    Nowadays, a part of the population were modern clothes or dress, the same as in big Moroccan cities. Tattoos a disappearing and jewels are more often made of gold.
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