Berber women are fascinating people who have an interesting life. Everything about them is worth preserving : their daily life, clothing, jewelry and finally their marriages.
A berber women's daily life is very busy and demands a lot of work. It isn't like most women's usual daily life , and that is one thing that shows that they are important people. Like other women they have to take care of their children and cook for their families. But unlike most, besides the chores they have to do at home, they have to either work in fields, granaries or orchards.
Almost all berber women wear the same types of clothing. During the day they would either wear a colorful skirt with a shirt or a kaftan. Women also wear scarves over their heads. It is nice that most wear the kaftan, because it is like a tradition that everyone follows. Kaftans are also very nice outfits that have beautiful beaded patterns in them.
Berber women have a very unique way of wearing their jewelry. They have plenty of jewelry that wear worn for different occasions and by different types of people. The Hand of Fatima is a common jewelry that many people know about. It was worn for luck by many women but the women that were wealthy wore it with a sliver one. However a village women who carries a heavy load of firewood would wear silver chain with old coins . A women that works in a factory would wear rings, bracelets and earrings.
Marriage in the berber culture happens differently. Most of the time it is the family that arranges the marriages. The age limits for a bride to be when she get married is 16 but the brides are usually 14 or 15 when they get married. However, the men are usually way older then they are. After the marriage the new married couple usually moves in a lot with the family of the men.
In conclusion, even though the berbers have a very different life style, I still believe that it is important to preserve there culture, simply because their believes and traditions are also used by other people that are not berber, and so that proves that they are an important culture.
I think Berber woman have a lot of responsibilities, and you made that clear. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteQ: Why do you think Berber woman usually follow their families religions and traditions?
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ReplyDeleteYour presentation was nice, Berber women are indeed a fascinating people.
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Can you please explain to me how berber women are starting to leave their villages to head for bigger cities and turn into modern western citizens?
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ReplyDeleteThe Berber women's daily life includes a lot of hard work and you have made it clear for me to know how much and what type of work they have to
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Why do Berber women wear different jewelry depending on where they work?
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ReplyDeleteYour presentation gave me bunchs of information about women and I liked how you made your slideshow.
ReplyDeleteDo women only have to do work in the house? What happens if they want to work in fields like men?
Your presentation was great and I learned a lot about women's life. I have a comment though. Berber women stay at home clean the house, take care of the children, make bread, prepare dinner... Don't they have a more important role tha men in the Berber society?
ReplyDeleteWhy is it the role of Berber women. Can't men do it with women?
Comment: Hasna You made a very good presentation with interesting informaition and very nice pictures.
ReplyDeleteQuestion: Do Berber women wear Jewelry everyday ?
Question : Why are Berber women's daily lives so hard and busy?
ReplyDeleteYour presentation about Berber women was interesting, but I think that the women's clothing differs very much from a village to the other.
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ReplyDeleteWhy do Berber women have so much jewelry for different occasions?
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that we should keep Berber culture because other people also use it even though they aren't Berber themselves. I also think that it is really interesting to see what a big job women play in a Berber family. They have to take care of the children, household and all the other responsibilities they have.
Your presentation taught me new things about berbers and I liked the pictures you found of Berber Women. I agree that Berber Women are very important to the berber culture but what if they stop putting henna and wearing caftans? I think it wouldn't change anything because Moroccans are still wearing Caftans and is now being International.
ReplyDeleteWhy do Berber women always stay in the village and not go find work in big cities like Casablanca or Rabat?
I liked you presentation, because you clearly presented the different aspects and roles of a Berber woman and her daily life there.
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Why do Berber women shape the Berber culture so significantly?
Your presentation was useful. Now I know that berber women have a very hard life compared to other womens. They are unique in many criterias such as clothing, cooking, wedding and others. I think it is a good think to keep this culture because it is a part of the culture. How they live and the way their families are. The women's life depend on where they live. For example in Rabat there is technology which help them wash cloth or cook.
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Great Presentation Hasna, I agree with your information and i think that the Berber women have no free time because they are always working somehow. They also have a lot of responsibilities. i also agree with your answer, they should preserve this culture because it is who they are.
ReplyDeleteWhy is that the men go get money while the women stay home, do chores, tend fields, and take care of children?
I love they way you started your summary and your presentation was AMAZING!
ReplyDeleteWhat happens if a woman doesn't do her job?
As you have mentioned they have many responsibilities. I wonder what happens if they don't do those responsibilities.
I really liked your power point presentation with all those effects. Also the video when their was that women talking was funny and intersting. Great Jb!!!
ReplyDeleteQ: Is there other jobs that she can do and is there some women that doesn't take care of the house?
Q: Why do you think Berber woman usually follow their families religions and traditions?
ReplyDeleteI think that women usually follow their families religions and traditions because that was what they were taught to do and that is probably the only traditions and religion that they know. I also think that the reason they follow those traditions is because it makes them feel at home because that is how they grew up.
Q: What happens if a woman doesn't do her job?
ReplyDeleteWell, sure a women can not do her job in the farm. She could just stay a home and do her chores, but I think that there would be a time where she is going to be sick of the house and be wanting to go out and work in farms or something. Another job that a women has is to raise their children and that isn't really a job that she can avoid or not do, I mean I a sure that she wants her children to be well raised and to know and respect the religion and the traditions.
Q: Why is that the men go get money while the women stay home, do chores, tend fields, and take care of children?
ReplyDeleteIt is the men who go get the money and not the women because the jobs that earns more money is the jobs who require a lot of hard work, and the women are not qualified for this type of job. Women are not as strong as men and so that is why there are jobs that women are supposed to do and jobs for men.
Q: Can you please explain to me how berber women are starting to leave their villages to head for bigger cities and turn into modern western citizens?
ReplyDeleteYes there are women that leave their villages to head for bigger cities but I don't think there are that many. The reason that some women leave the rural place is because if the go to the cities, then there are more opportunities and they would win more money and perhaps they would have a better life.