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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.

🇪🇬 Egypt and 5 moreMizmarمزمار (mizmār) A loud double reed instrument played at weddings and festivals across Egypt and the Levant.Performance · Procession and arrival

🇲🇦 Imilchil, MoroccoImilchil Marriage FestivalAgdoud N'Oulmghenni A Berber marriage festival in Morocco where tribes gather to arrange unions and celebrate with music and dance.Betrothal · Finding a match

🇲🇦 MoroccoAhidusⴰⵃⵉⴷⵓⵙ (aḥidous) A collective Berber dance from Morocco performed in circles or lines to celebrate unity and victory.Performance · Reception, dance and gifts 🇪🇬 Egypt and 3 moreZaffaزفّة A lively musical procession that marks the start of wedding festivities in Arab culture.Performance · The weeks before

🇪🇬 Egypt and 5 moreArab weddingزفاف or فرح or عرس A series of family-centered rites and processions that mark marriage across the Arab world.Rite · Finding a match 🇪🇬 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

🇲🇦 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.

Imilchil Marriage Festival: Zakaria ElQotbi, CC BY 2.0, source
Ahidus: Fotograaf / photographer: Drs. F.M. (Frits) Cowan (1931 - 2010), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Mimouna: U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Sebiba: Abderrahmane boudjenane, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Mizmar: dalbera, CC BY 2.0, source
Arab wedding: 13th century artist, Public domain, source

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