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The berberisca dress or keswa-el-kbira (Arabic: الكسوة الكبيرة, 'the grand gown') is a traditional dress for a Moroccan Jewish woman for her wedding. Traditionally a father gifts his daughter a berberisca dress for her wedding and the first time she wears it is at the henna ceremony.
Jewish Wedding in Morocco by Eugène Delacroix, Louvre, Paris. Morocco has long had a significant Jewish population, distinguished by traditions particular to Moroccan Jews. For example, Mimouna is a characteristically Maghrebi holiday celebrated the day after Passover. [52] Mahia is traditionally associated with Moroccan Purim celebrations. [53]
Français : Grande tenue de cérémonie, keswa el kbira. Dans tout le Maroc espagnol, les juives citadines portaient le jour de leur noce cette riche tenue composée d’une jupe, jeltita, d’un boléro, gombaz, sous lequel était ajusté un plastron, ktef, et auquel on rapportait des manches de tulle brodé.
Jewish wedding dress, similar to image 51 in Costumes du Maroc. With regard to the two groups of Moroccan Jews, he presented Jewish brides of Rabat and Fes in their ceremonial dress, as well as an urban gentleman, all representative of the Sephardic communities. The other group of Jewish Moroccans, who had lived in the country since ancient ...
Etching of Jewish home in Mogador, Darondeau (1807–1841). Moroccan Jews constitute an ancient community with possible origins dating back to before 70 CE. Concrete evidence of Jewish presence in Morocco becomes apparent in late antiquity, with Hebrew epitaphs and menorah-decorated lamps discovered in the Roman city of Volubilis, and the remains of a synagogue dating to the third century CE.
Taskiwin is a martial dance that originated in the western High Atlas mountain range in Central Morocco. The dance involves shaking one's shoulders to the rhythm of tambourines and flutes while carrying a decorated horn called the Tiskt.
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A Jewish wedding is a wedding ceremony that follows Jewish laws and traditions. While wedding ceremonies vary, common features of a Jewish wedding include a ketubah (marriage contract) that is signed by two witnesses, a chuppah or huppah (wedding canopy), a ring owned by the groom that is given to the bride under the canopy, and the breaking of ...