Instead, they live in the mountainous areas of Morocco and other North African countries, where they farm and live a self-sustaining lifestyle, with a small percentage being nomadic.
The delicious Berber cuisine has remained pretty much the same for centuries and includes staples that have been incorporated into the traditional cuisines of North African countries, including couscous, tajines, pastillas, tahricht offal , and bourjeje a type of pancake.
Sad, we know. However, much like the Aboriginals in Australia or native peoples in other countries, Berbers were considered second-class citizens until around the middle of the 20th century.
Other countries with significant Berber populations include Algeria with million, Niger with ,00, Mali with , Even countries outside of north Africa have large populations, such as France with over 2 million and Canada with just over 25, Travel , Culture. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
In Culture. By AFK Travel. Share this! They have fantastic wedding traditions One of the most famous Berber cultural events is the Imilchil wedding festival. In fact, Berber is a generic name given to numerous heterogeneous ethnic groups who share similar cultural, political and economical practices.
The Arabization of the Berber people happened in three stages. First it was the contact with Arabic invaders in the 7th century. The second stage started with the arrival of the Bedouins in the 11th century. And finally the 3rd stage took place between the 15th and 17th centuries and it was accelerated by the arrival of Andalusian refugees.
Contrary to the romantic, popular image that portrays Berbers as nomadic people who cross the desert in camels, their main activity is sedentary agriculture, which they carry out in mountains and valleys. But their long-recorded influence in trading in the region is also true. They were responsible for bringing goods from beyond the Sahara desert to Northern African cities.
Nowadays, besides the traditional means of living, there is a new element which is part of the economy of Berber families, namely income from the large number of immigrants in Europe, especially in France.
Along several millennia the Berber language, Tamazight, has gradually turned into nearly thirty existing languages and hundreds of dialects, to say nothing of several others which disappeared long ago like Guanche spoken in The Canary Islands. Although the Berber language is basically oral, Berbers have had their own writing system, called Libico-Berber, for at least 2, years. Read 5 reviews. Read 2 reviews.
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Believing in their art. The Berber or Amazigh people are celebrated for their artistic skills, from pottery to weaving, jewellery to henna art and, in particular, their exquisite designs.
It is also believed that henna, oleander, sandalwood and myrrh have the same effect, which is why Amazigh women like to do henna designs on their skin. Even their impressive kohl eye makeup is considered a traditional way of gaining self protection through creativity.
Traditionally, Berber women would have also had tattoos on their face to mark the rite of passage from adolescence into adulthood, but as tattoos are against Islamic law, henna is often used instead. Some Amazigh women also wear head coverings, called the tahruyt, which are often colourful and embroidered.
These scarves are seen as an extension of this self expression through decorative art, now that tattoos are no longer allowed. Berber museums. There are two museums of interest when it comes to Amazigh culture, both in Marrakech.
The first is Tiskiwin Museum, which was founded by a Dutch anthropologist who lived here and who had an incredible collection of cultural artefacts. Get to that one early or late in the day to avoid the coachloads. The Kasbah du Toubkal. The Kasbah du Toubkal has been part of Responsible Travel pretty much since we began, and won one of our first ever Responsible Tourism Awards in
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