Moroccan Marriage and wedding dress:
Each Moroccan region has special beliefs about the celebration of the marriage, but Moroccan society is united by two things: first, the reverence of the wedding, and second, the fact that all Moroccan regions share similar rituals concerning the celebration of marriage. The marriage ceremony begins after the first meeting between the brides and the groom and that is the engagement phase, and once the bride’s parents accept the request for engagement, the preparations for the marriage begin immediately, the agreement on the dowry and the date of marriage. that is to say, during which time the groom gives some gifts and jewelry to his bride. Also, after which the legal formal marriage concludes by signing some legal documents
The first day of Moroccan marriage:
The first day is for the bride’s bathroom, her friends, cousins, and neighbors take her to the traditional Moroccan bathroom. The bathroom has to be clean and release various types of incense and perfume into it. The first day is very special; the women of the bride’s and groom’s family go to the Hammam with their nuts. So the bathroom can be a little place to celebrate the wedding.
The second day of the Moroccan marriage:
The second day, the day of henna, was an original ritual of the Moroccan wedding, and it was impossible to abandon this custom because henna was and still a source of optimism for the future life of the bride, the Moroccan people say that abandoning this habit is an ominous omen to the bride’s married life. Single girls present on the day of the henna inscription rotate the “chateau,” which carves their hands or at least some of their fingers from the door of the Vale of Good, with a groom. In some areas of Morocco, Hannah Day is also important to the groom. On this day, his friends and family members are keen to take him on a tour beyond the neighborhood. They live in nearby neighborhoods while singing in prophetic and intelligent flattery. However, in other Moroccan areas, the habit of Hannah has been abandoned for men.
The third and the last day:
Finally, there is the third day. The most important day of the Moroccan marriage, when the bride visits her husband. On this day, Nagafa, a woman who takes care of the bride and the groom decorations and dresses, gets in. In the past, Nagafa ensures that the bride wears more than a different traditional dress to the wedding. That is to say, representing some areas of Morocco. For example, the Fassi, Northern, Amazigh, and various types of Moroccan traditional dresses.
Furthermore, other clothes and costumes such as Indian, Gulf and Tunisian costumes. However, the last dress of the bride at the wedding is in the white dress worn in Europe. Also, after every change of the bride to dress her, by choosing the appropriate accessories.
Music in the Moroccan wedding:
Moroccan marriage was an integrated fashion show. They usually accompany this fashion show by a very diverse musical set, played by El-jok, the musical band, who chooses music that fits into the bride’s dress. One of the most important paragraphs of the wedding is “tqitiqat”. It unusually activates the wedding through their playful songs that let everybody just dance, men and women. After this, they take the bride in the Moroccan “Amaria” and wrapped everywhere at the wedding. To bear in mind, the way the bride flaunts her husband varies from region to region. However, the bride often blows to her husband’s house in the autocade. In the past, they often take the bride on the horseback.
Also, her family and friend accompany her with a musical symphony of the local music. For instance, in the Atlas regions, the music played while keeping company with the bride called Ahidous. In the north, they call it TaqtoqaJabalia, and DeqaMarrakchiya in Marrakech. These three days are necessarily important and essential to the success of any Moroccan wedding. Yet, sometimes it lasts seven days depends on the region, but it is never less than three days.
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