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Wedding traditions of North Africa

Seven-day weddings, the henna night, the amariya chair, Imilchil and the Berber bride. 14 traditions on EveryShaadi so far.

🇪🇬 Egypt and 3 moreZaffaزفّة A lively musical procession that marks the start of wedding festivities in Arab culture.Performance · The weeks before

🇪🇬 Cairo, EgyptTahtibتحطيب (taḥṭīb) A traditional Egyptian stick-fighting martial art that evolved into a folk dance performed at weddings and celebrations.Performance · The weeks before

🇪🇬 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

Photo credits on this page

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

Tahtib: Yasser Elrasoul, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Mizmar: dalbera, CC BY 2.0, source
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

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