Traditional habits of Morocco

Sunday, December 28, 2008
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Morocco : Travel to Memories of clothes countries

In a wide geographical area from medium - Atlas at the heart of the Sahara, still today costumes women whose origin dates back to Roman times. To see the wide variety of costumes, it was hard to believe that they are almost all variations of the same dress very simple technique, which draws both on chiton Greek and Roman peplos: the drape. This is a long cloth, "izar" and then kept wrapped at the waist by a belt and then fell on the shoulders to be fixed by fibules.
Female MarocHabits habit of Women of Morocco

The Moroccan costume comes in varying aspects of the regions and despite some commonalities, clothing city differs from that campaign. In past years, the art has undergone a dress changing often barely noticeable in the countryside, but striking in the cities.
Less varied as the costume of rural women, traditional dress of urban characterized by sobriety of the habit of outside (Haik and djellaba) and a wealth of the habit of Interior (caftans and gandoura).
Like the other constituent Costume of the city, the "djellaba" has undergone during the past four decades, vary widely. If it retains the same structure of all, she lost, except among conservative women or a certain age, the rigorous cutting and simplicity of the colors of its inception.Erlangen Morocco
Long remained immutable, the costume of urban folds since the intensification of exchanges with foreign countries, in the 19th century, fashion. This is the case of "qaftane." Inspired by Turkish or Chinese, the "qaftane" has remained until today, the garment inside basis of the Moroccan. Cut velvet, silk or brocades, it is often richly embroidered in gold thread, silver or silk.Moroccan BleuMarocaine Caftan Moroccan White

In contrast to rural women, especially Berber of Upper and Middle Atlas and the Saharan woman, who did not veil their faces, the Moroccan city, she could not walk in the street in the early 50s at least, without being draped in the "Haik" large piece of wool or cotton of about five meters by one meter sixties, which conceals the shape of the body and veil the features of the face.The babouche is considered traditional Moroccan shoe used in everyday life of women.
Babouche
Despite all the changes they can be subjected under the influence of modern life, the traditional dress is a wardrobe basic Moroccan women, all grades. Just attend a margin or any other religious celebration, to see how the Moroccan and Moroccan remain faithful to their finest traditions.


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