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After
the accord of the future husband and wife, the two families
will proceed to the wedding formalities. The parents of
the future husband ask the hand of the future wife to her
parents. The establishment of the wedding document can be
done instantly, but it can also be reported to the moussem.
The young husband or his representative offer to the young
girl a symbolic present, and her father oblige himself to
buy all the cloths for the husband during a year. All the
tribe express the joy, participating to the ceremony of
wedding, with songs and dancing during five days. The participants
enjoy all kinds of traditional plates Aït Hdiddou and
particularly different kinds of bread. |
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If
once the wedding was contracted between two families of
the same town or same area, nowadays it’s no more
the case. The couples forme according to the possibilities
offered by the contacts in the social and professional circle
but also to the meetings and the affinities between the
youngs.
By these means it is decided a future evolution with a trend
to generalize all over the country and particularly in cities.
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The ceremony of the
wedding is generally preceeded, the day before, by that
of the henné
where only the women of the two families participate. There
is a specialiste in design who will draw flour frsco on
the bride’s hands and on the legs in order to protect
her against the diseases and to warrant the success.
The ffering is represented by the gifts of the future husband
to the bride. It varies according to the social position
and the areas and are highly symbolic: milk which symbolize
the purity and the clearness, dates, sugar for a happy life,
flowers, candles. |
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