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The Wedding Meal: The Order of Dishes and Who Eats When

A round wedding table at half past one in the morning, a large bastilla dusted with icing sugar and cinnamon at its centre, guests reaching in with bread, a tea glass and a bottle of water at each place.
  • Celebrations

The Amariya: The Bridal Palanquin and the Entrance

Four bearers in white uniforms carrying a canopied bridal palanquin at shoulder height through a crowded wedding hall, the bride seated inside under a domed velvet canopy, guests standing with phones raised.
  • Celebrations

Henna Night: The Naqasha, the Designs, and the Order of the Evening

A bride seated on cushions in a green caftan, her hands laid palm-up on a velvet cushion while a woman beside her draws fine lines of henna paste with a syringe, other women watching from the sofas.
  • Celebrations

The Bridal Hammam: The Day Before the Wedding

The entrance of a neighbourhood hammam at dusk, a cluster of women in djellabas outside the door, two of them holding tall decorated candles, the light from inside falling across wet tiles.
  • Celebrations

Hdiya and Dfou3: The Gift Procession and What Goes in It

Hired bearers in white djellabas carrying tall conical-lidded trays covered in embroidered cloth down a narrow medina street, a drummer walking ahead of them.
  • Celebrations

The Khotba: Asking for the Bride, and the Fatiha That Seals It

A living-room table in a Moroccan family home set for guests, a silver tea tray, a plate of dates. The Khotba Rtual
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The Moroccan Wedding, in Sequence: From the Khotba to the Sabah

A rented wedding hall in Casablanca at two in the morning, round tables under strings of lamps, the raised platform for the bride and groom empty between entrances.
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Attar and the Moroccan Perfumery Craft: The Souks, the Distillers, and the Traditional Fragrance Vocabulary

Attar and the Moroccan Perfumery Craft: The Souks, the Distillers, and the Traditional Fragrance Vocabulary
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Moroccan Woodwork: Cedar Doors, Painted Ceilings, and the Craft of the Menuisiers

Moroccan Woodwork: Cedar Doors, Painted Ceilings, and the Craft of the Menuisiers
  • Materials Tradition

Moroccan Handwoven Wool: Hendira, Akhnif, Burnous and the Textile Garments of the Mountains

Moroccan Handwoven Wool: Hendira, Akhnif, Burnous and the Textile Garments of the Mountains
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