• Linda Frandsen
  • Linda Frandsen

Morocco

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  • Gnaoua 1

    4. tammikuuta 2020, Marokko ⋅ ☀️ 52 °F

    Gnawa music mixes classical Islamic Sufism with pre-Islamic African traditions, whether local or sub-Saharan. The term Gnawa musicians generally refers to people who also practice healing rituals, with apparent ties to pre-Islamic African animism rites.Lue lisää

  • Berber Cemetery

    4. tammikuuta 2020, Marokko ⋅ ☀️ 54 °F

    The long fields of pointed stones that you’ll see thrust into the ground, both here and elsewhere along the oasis routes, are Berber cemeteries. Otherwise unidentified, they are usually walled off from the desert at the edge of the ksour: a wholly practical measure to prevent jackals from unearthing bodies – and in so doing, frustrating the dead’s entry to paradise.Lue lisää

  • Khemlia Village

    4. tammikuuta 2020, Marokko ⋅ ☀️ 57 °F

    Khamlia is a village located near Erg Chebbi, a Saharan erg in southeast Morocco near the Algerian border.

    We learn more about everyday life in the desert as we visit nomadic families. During our visit, we’ll talk to the women of these families over a cup of tea to learn about their nomadic lifestyle and how they cook, maintain their home, educate their children, and more.Lue lisää

  • Ksar El Khorbat Oujdid

    5. tammikuuta 2020, Marokko ⋅ ☀️ 48 °F

    The El Khorbat new (Oujdid) Ksar

    El Khorbat Oujdid is a ksar (a fortified village) near the Moroccan town of Tinejdad (about 50 km from Tinghir). This ksar was built in 1860 and is still inhabited.

    The ksar was completely built with rammed earth, it is walled and has a number of towers. The complex has a main alley and a number of sideways which results in a more or less straight street pattern. The houses were built over the alleys so the alleys are cool.

    Since 2002, the complex has a small museum and since 2004 a number of restored houses are used as hotel rooms. Furthermore, the ksar has a school and a mosque.
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  • Museum El Khorbat

    5. tammikuuta 2020, Marokko ⋅ ☀️ 50 °F

    Pottery
    In presaharic valleys, pottery is a professional male activity, and several villages are specialized in it.
    It is simple and useful pottery, without ornamental painting, but glazed sometimes with natural enamel.
    This enamel is composed of three minerals quartz, sandy clay, and lastly lead sulfide, if an ochre tone is desired or copper oxide for a green tone.
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  • Museum El Khorbat 1

    5. tammikuuta 2020, Marokko ⋅ ☀️ 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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  • Kelaat M’Gouna

    5. tammikuuta 2020, Marokko ⋅ ☀️ 57 °F

    The town of Kelaat M’Gouna in the Souss-Massa-Draâ region of the province of Tinghir Province in Morocco is most likely best known for the Festival of Roses which celebrates the rose petal harvest in May each year. Kelaat M’Gouna, also known as El-Kelaa, is home to the country’s largest rose water and rose oil manufacturers – products which are used extensively in fragrances, beauty products and the traditional cuisine of Morocco. Visitors to the manufacturers can purchase rose water and other rose-scented products, bearing in mind that it takes up to three tons of rose petals to produce one liter of rose water.Lue lisää

  • Ouarazate Le Berber Palace

    5. tammikuuta 2020, Marokko ⋅ ☀️ 59 °F

    DAY 10 - Sun, Jan 5, 2020 Overland to Ouarzazate • Visit Berber museum • Destination: Ouarzazate
    • Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
    • Hotel Accommodations: LE BERBERE PALACE
    Activity note: Our overland transfer to Ouarzazate will take about eight hours.
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    Breakfast: Served bufet-style at the dining tent featuring Moroccan and American dishes beginning at 7am.
    Morning: This morning around 8:30am, we leave the open desert behind and set of for the oasis town of Ouarzazate in our bus. Including stops along the way, the entire transfer will take about eight hours. We stop in Tinejdad around 11:15am. There, we’ll arrive at the Ksar of El Khorbat and take a walk inside the unique and ancient fortiied ksar (a Berber walled city). We’ll then visit a Berber museum, where you’ll have about an hour to learn about the history, architecture, and daily life of Berbers in this region. Lunch: At a local restaurant around noon, featuring tradi- tional cuisine. Afternoon: Around 1pm, we’ll continue via coach for another
    4 hours to Ouarzazate, a city built by the French as a garrison outpost in the Sahara. We take another quick break on the way, and arrive around 5pm to check in to our hotel.
    For two nights, we’ll stay at a conveniently located hotel in the center of Ouarzazate, which may have an outdoor pool, as well as two restaurants, a bar, and health club with a sauna. Typical rooms will be modern with air- conditioning, a satellite TV, wireless Internet, minibar, refrigerator, and private bath.
    Around 5pm, our Trip Experience Leader will guide us on an orientation walk of the area around the hotel.
    Dinner: A choice of Moroccan and international dishes served at the hotel around 7pm.

    Evening: The evening is free to explore on your own, take advantage of the hotel amenities, or rest in your room.
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  • Day in Life

    6. tammikuuta 2020, Marokko ⋅ ☀️ 36 °F

    A Day in the Life of Aït Benhaddou & Asfalou
    Today, we visit Aït Benhaddou, a picturesque, mountainside town.
    We will have the opportunity to experience several aspects of the community in Aït Benhaddou and the neighboring village of Asfalou, beginning with meeting some of the local men and women during a tour of their home and surrounding fields.
    We will join the family for a lunch of home made couscous.
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  • Association IMIK SMIK Feminine

    6. tammikuuta 2020, Marokko ⋅ ☀️ 50 °F

    At around 1 pm, we’ll visit the Imik Smik Women’s Association for Rural Development, an O.A.T.-exclusive site. Established in 2012, the association’s goal is to create workshops and programs that teach girls and women how to sew, read, cook, develop healthcare and further education that otherwise would not be available. Sponsored by Grand Circle Foundation, the Imik Smik Women’s Association currently generates funding by selling bread, pastry, and couscous to local guesthouses in the village. We’ll meet these women and learn how they are trying to change their lives and those of the young women in their community, for the better. We’ll spend a little more than an hour speaking with these women to learn more about their lives. Some of the women may be learning English, but our Trip Experience Leader will play a large role in translating and facilitating the conversation.Lue lisää