Morocco again48 from Ouarzazate to Agadir1
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The Jbel Sirwa, also spelled Djebel Siroua, is a peak in the Little Atlas mountain range, an old stratovolcano that rises 3,304 metres above sea level
Traditional Berber part of women's jewellery, fibula are decorative, symbolic, and functional. The size and weight of the fibula worn by this Berber woman indicate her status whilst their shape, the inverted triangle, represent the female form. they also serve as clasps to keep her mantle in place
Taznakht has an estimated
population of 10,000
The region of Souss-Massa-Draa is famous
for carpet weaving
Taznakht rugs of Moroccan Atlas mountains are
fully hand made and hand-wooven by Berber women working in many
small villages
These rugs come from the middle Atlas
Mountains and are made by the
Taznakht tribe and sold in the souks in Southern Morocco.
These rugs generally have cool colors with patterns that closer resemble Persian
rugs, a unique style for Moroccan rugs. Made of wool and
natural dyes
women sewed the region for
generations, carpets with
specific characteristics and
reasons for the region. In bright colors and sizes, carpet Taznakht
are thus models of paintings skilled
hands of women in this region.
Paintings that told their stories and
express their concerns.
Carpet weaving in Morocco is learning that are transmitted from generation to generation. Populated with a set of patterns created thanks to the talents of these women, the carpet of the city of Taznakht full of signs and geometric shapes. Found, thus, squares, triangles, circles and symbols Tifinagh expressing Amazighe identity
The prepared wool is finally dyed using natural products in order to have bright and varied colors: orange made from alum, peels of onions (or a mixture of henna and alum ), the yellow compound alum, flowers of marigolds (or saffron and henna), the burgundy composed of plant and Foua henna, blue made from lilac
The oldest carpets manufactured in Morocco are Taznakht, Zayane and Hanbal, all of which are made in the same region and are a source of pride for the country’s handicraft industry
Sound: Oum – Zarabi – Lila; Jini
2017
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