Moroccan traditional clothing is a collection of traditional and folk clothing that has been preserved and still maintained by Moroccans for centuries. There is no doubt that traditional dress is an integral part of heritage, and heritage is one of the necessary ingredients for the construction of civilization. So we choose to talk about Fascinating traditional Moroccan clothing.
The most important characteristic of traditional dress in Morocco is its great diversity. It derives from the momentum and cultural and geographical diversity that characterize the whole country.
The Moroccan dress and its culture have been able to extend the ages of the different cultures that have passed through it. Especially the ones that have coexisted in it, the Amazigh, Arab, Andalusian, Sahrawi, Islamic, and even Jewish characters and others. Have their mark on Moroccan dress.
That is why in Morocco you will find that the the way people dress up is different from one city to another for example the way they dress in the East is different from the South, you will feel like if you are not in one country when you travel from one Moroccan city to another.
So we will do our best to show you different clothes in Morocco and give you an idea about different types of clothes and cultures in Morocco. Even if it’s not a large country it has huge and rich cultures and different things that may you see for the first time, so we will focus on clothes that you will see for the first time because it’s rare or maybe it is used only on occasions.
Traditional Moroccan clothes relate to each region
we will start with Amazigh clothes that look amazing and we are sure you are going to love them. In daily life, in Amazigh villages, women wear in the traditional way. If the woman goes outside without that dress others will say that she is shameless and there in the village people care about their names and pay attention to those things.
On occasions like weddings, women dress up in a beautiful way using jewelry made of silver, and traditional make-up to look more attractive. While men dress up in what is called djellaba and knives hanging on their shoulders.
In South women in daily life, they wear what is called in Moroccan Arabic lmlhfa, which is a long piece of dress that rolls around their body. At the wedding, they wear most of the time black and white color and sometimes brown with white with dark make-up you never find a bride in Saraha with light makeup.
Men in Saraha always wear what is called Daraa you can find it in two colors blue and white. In the East, people belonging to Jbala women wear always hats made by hand with beautiful colors, and a piece of dress tied up in their middle. In other cities, women wear them in a modern way but on occasion, the clothes are different for example in fez a bride wears a heavy dress with jewelry.