Actuality

12 Oct 2014

Dress

                                                       
Traditional Berber dress is colorful and decorative but it has also sustained influences over many years from neighboring and invading cultures. Today, many Berbers wear the "haik," a large 
cloth wrapped around the body, similar to a Roman toga. In areas where the Arab influence is stronger, Berbers wear clothes that accord with the strict Muslim dress code, including ankle length trousers and head-coverings.
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         IN BRIEF 

The Berber people are a first people in North Africa, mostly in Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria and Libya, Egypt ,Mali,Twarg….. The Berber people speak a number of dialects, most of which are mutually intelligible to one another. The Berbers predated the Arab invaders in the seventh century. Since then, many Berbers have assimilated into the predominantly Muslim Arab culture of North Africa, although you can still find native Berber speakers, mostly in Algeria and Morocco,Libya... Berbers are the indigenous people of North Africa and live mainly in Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. They are also known as “Amazigh,” literally meaning “free men.” Berber culture is apparent in many parts of North Africa today, as tribes have settled in many different regions. Berbers are mainly in the Atlas mountain regions, although settlements also exist as far south as the Sahara Desert.

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