Traditions

The cultural and social heritage.
Habitual customs, different approaches, languages and values..

 

A tradition is a ritual, belief or object passed down within a society, still maintained in the present, with origins in the past. Common examples include holidays or impractical but socially meaningful clothes, but the idea has also been applied to social norms such as greetings.

Tradition is usually contrasted with the goal of modernity and should be differentiated from customs, conventions, laws, norms, routines, rules and similar concepts.

 

 

Essaouira Mogador
A crossroad of cultures.

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Essaouira has a colorful mix of African, Islamic, Arab, Berber, Jewish and European influences.

The original inhabitants, the Berbers weathered invasions by the Phoenicians (600 BC), the Carthaginians (500 BC), the Romans (200 BC), the Jews (70 AD), the Arabs (700 AD), the Portuguese (1500 AD), the Spanish (1800 AD) and the French.

• History Timeline

 

• Henna
• Men
• Women
• Cannabis

 

In many countries, concerted attempts are being made to preserve traditions that are
at risk of being lost. A number of factors can exacerbate the loss of tradition, including industrialization, globalization, and the assimilation or marginalization of specific cultural groups. Customary celebrations and lifestyles are among the traditions that are sought to be preserved. Tourism is focusing on many typic traditions in food, music etc

 

The smoking of Kif (cannabis)
is an ancient tradition in Morocco
but illegal today.

Read more about cannabis

Circumcision

"Circumcision ceremony", 19th century, watercolor by the Moroccan painter Mohamed Ben Ali R'Bati