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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Morocco: Using Feet To Wash Clothes


Morocco (1967). High Atlas Mountains. To prepare for the next day's Feast of the Sheep, which celebrates Abraham's Sacrifice, Ait Hadidu Berbers wash their burnooses by stamping on them. Though they would not help their wives carry firewood, they willingly wash their own clothes too.

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Maroc (1967). Haut Atlas. En préparation de la fête du mouton, qui célèbre le sacrifice d’Abraham et aura lieu le jour suivant, ces Berbères Ait Haddidou lavent leurs burnous en les piétinant. Quoiqu’ils n’aident pas leurs femmes à porter le bois de chauffage, ils lavent volontiers leurs robes.