Moroccan Ramadan

Moroccan Ramadan

Soon, on March 22, Ramadan will begin in Morocco, like it does in many Muslim nations, and will remain until April 20 this year.

This is a particularly unique month for Moroccans, both practitioners and non-practicing Muslims, since everyone, without exception, observes the Ramadan fast.

In practice, it is not feasible to eat, drink, smoke, or have sexual intercourse from one hour before dawn to one hour after sunset, i.e., it is not possible to take care of oneself. of their own material needs, but only of their spiritual ones. However, everything may be done again after sunset and till the following morning. In Morocco, the day is almost reversed with the night; the majority of people sleep and pray during the day and live and work at night.

Prayers with the Koran in Morocco

As a result, traveling to Morocco during this time period is not recommended since there are many sites to visit or shops/restaurants closed during the day and instead a lot of confusion and noise at night!

The month of Ramadan is changed roughly ten days every year since it follows the lunar calendar rather than the solar calendar.

What has always struck me about this time is that all Moroccans fast and do not drink, despite the fact that Morocco is exceedingly hot during this month, particularly in the south.

That is why I have to salute their fortitude, especially because many individuals, possibly due to a profession that needs them to be awake throughout the day, adhere to the fast to the letter. On this sense, I always wonder what would happen if anything like this were enforced in Italy: certainly they would find a thousand ways to escape it.

Only pregnant or breastfeeding women, the ill or old, and children under the age of 13/14 are spared from fasting in Morocco.

Ramadan, also known as Fasting in Morocco, is one of the five pillars of the Muslim faith and would have the objective, in my view, of cleaning your body and feeling closer to the poor and needy, suffering in part because they don’t have money to eat.

Ramadan means “hot month” in Arabic, since it originally occurred during the summer and signaled a holy month during which Muhammad would receive revelations from the Archangel Gabriel. Then, since Muhammad used the lunar calendar, this era varies year to year. At night, the fast is broken by eating dates and drinking fermented milk.

Dates at the conclusion of the fast

Ramadan in Morocco is undoubtedly a fascinating and unique festival that you should attempt to experience at least once while in Morocco. Yes, since I’ve always seen that Muslims who adhere to it in Italy have it much more difficult, partly because they are surrounded by non-Muslims who do not adhere to it, making everything more difficult.

In Morocco, on the other hand, Ramadan is a remarkable season during which no fly flies during the day and a lot of life and chaos occurs at night, and at the conclusion of Ramadan there is a lovely celebration called Id-Al-Fitr to commemorate the end of this particular period and the end of hardship. In a nutshell, it’s one-of-a-kind.

So, if you’re visiting Morocco this year, I recommend you don’t miss this wonderful celebration, which will undoubtedly be worth it!

Everyone, have a blessed Ramadan!