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Wedding traditions of North Africa

Seven-day weddings, the henna night, the amariya chair, Imilchil and the Berber bride. 25 traditions on EveryShaadi so far.

🇲🇦 MoroccoAhidusⴰⵃⵉⴷⵓⵙ (aḥidous) A collective Berber dance from Morocco performed in circles or lines to celebrate unity and victory.Performance · Reception, dance and gifts

🇸🇩 Khartoum, SudanJirtigالجَرْتِقْ (Arabic) A Sudanese inauguration ritual where the groom is symbolically crowned as a king.Rite · The weeks before 🇲🇦 Morocco and 1 moreBerberisca dresskeswa-el-kbira (الكسوة الكبيرة) The gold-embroidered wedding gown of Moroccan Jews, rooted in Spanish royal style.Attire · The weeks before 🇪🇬 Egypt and 1 moreWedding music The songs and instruments that mark the arrival of the couple and set the mood for the celebration.Performance · The weeks before

🇪🇬 Egypt and 2 moreHenna ceremonyليلة الحناء (Laylat al-Henna) The pre-wedding gathering where the bride and guests receive intricate henna body art for luck and protection.Adornment · The weeks before

🇪🇬 Egypt and 5 moreHenna night The evening before a wedding when the bride and groom are decorated with henna patterns for luck and joyAdornment · The eve

🇲🇦 Morocco and 5 moreMimounaמימונה (Hebrew), ميمونة (Arabic) The Maghrebi Jewish feast held the day after Passover to welcome leavened bread and good fortune.Feast custom · After the wedding

🇩🇿 Algeria and 3 moreSebibaسبيبة (Arabic), ⵙⴱⵉⴱⴰ (Tifinagh) The Tuareg New Year dance and festival held in Djanet to mark the end of a chaotic transition period.Performance · The weeks before 🇲🇷 MauritaniaT'heydinnالتهيدين (al-T'haydīn) A Mauritanian Moorish epic performance of poetry and music kept by griot families.Performance · Reception, dance and gifts

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Sebiba: Abderrahmane boudjenane, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Ahidus: Fotograaf / photographer: Drs. F.M. (Frits) Cowan (1931 - 2010), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Henna ceremony: No author provided, CC0, source
Henna night: Izzah Zainab, CC BY 2.0, source
Mimouna: U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Jirtig: Alzain Mohammed, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

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