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Wedding traditions of North Africa

Seven-day weddings, the henna night, the amariya chair, Imilchil and the Berber bride. 20 traditions on EveryShaadi so far.

🇲🇦 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 🇲🇷 Mauritania and 5 moreLeblouhالبلوح The forced fattening of girls to improve their marriage prospects, a harmful practiceBetrothal · Finding a match 🇪🇬 EgyptKhatbaخاطب A traditional Egyptian matchmaker who helps families find suitable marriage partners.Betrothal · Finding a match

🇪🇬 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

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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
Arab wedding: 13th century artist, Public domain, source

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