Between Tradition and Modernity

Summary
1- Introduction

2- Women's Traditional Clothing

3- Traditional Clothing for men

4- clothes northern regions

5- clothes southern regions

6- wedding Traditional clothes

8- Conclusion

Moroccan fashions were heavily influenced by the

Greco-Roman heritage and the key of the Middle
East. But the main feature of traditional Moroccan
costume is its permanence through time since
antiquity as the Amazigh kingdoms dominated the
Mediterranean and to the present.

1- Women's Traditional Clothing

rural women and Moroccan

women in the city could not get
out in the streets without haik (at
least the early 1950s).
The haik is a great piece of wool or
cotton of about 5.00 M M x1.60
hiding the shape of her body,
covering her face.

- After independence in 1956, the haik

is replaced by the Djellaba.

- It has undergone many important
changes and transformations over the
past four decades.
- It kept the same structure but lost the
rigorous cut and sober colors of its
origins.

The modern Djellaba:

The djellaba continues its evolution
through time. Indeed, nowadays, the
djellaba is always designed with the
weaving of silk or wool, as well as
oriental dress accessories like sfifa or
tarz.
The djellaba is sewn by craftsmen for
better final quality, proof of ancestral
knowledge of the Moroccan
population.
Most often, the djellaba is
accompanied by colorful leather
slippers, known as Baboush or
"Cherbil".

The Traditional Moroccan Caftan:

The caftans from Morocco were
from Persia, and they were
introduced relatively late in
the country, as in the rest
of North Africa by Arab
conquerors.
The caftan is a Moroccan
dress heritage components. It
was carried by urban women
and rural women, whether
Jewish or Muslim faiths

The Modern Moroccan Caftan:

- The costume of the women of
the city began to be affected by
the phenomenon of fashion. This
is the case of the caftan, he
remained, until today, the basic
clothing of Moroccan women.
- In Morocco the hazem (belt)
and
ceremonial
mdamma
traditionally put above the
caftan to be visible.

the Andalusian Cheda:

The Cheda is a Andalusian Dress,
several elements come from Morocco
as the Way of whom wears the scarf
The Cheda who comes is originally
from the Berber of Souss Massa Draa
and was "Restyled "on Chamalia sauce
(Northerner Morocco) to be taken in
Granada and in large cities D'Al
Andalus.

2- Traditional Clothing for men:

The Djellaba, traditional and modern

clothing at the same time
The djellaba is a historical outfit that has
marked the history and heritage of the
Muslim world.
Today, the djellaba remains a traditional
dress very popular with men as well as
the caftan for women seduced by the
quality of its cut, his fashion and his fine
fabric.
and yellow leather slippers, known as
baboushor belgha.

5- It was once the ... Selham.

- The selham is clothing that complements
the dress appearance on a djellaba for men,
it happens to any trim as it is a costume that
symbolizes itself the chic and sophistication.
- During the colonial period, the Moroccans
in the selham found a way to confirm their
identity and claim their independence
loudly preserving their clothing habits and
respecting their ancestral history.

The Moroccan jabador or Mans Caftan:

- The jabador which according to
history was the caftan for men,
is the source to which are
watered Moroccan women will
eventually adopt this habit and
the
seal
of
their
arts.
- The embroideries were enriched
and trappings have declined in a
thousand and one kinds to hoist,
to a supreme degree,the elegance
and beauty of the Moroccan.

3- Clothes of the northern people:

Jbalas

The traditional dress of women in

Chefchaouen
Chefchaouen is a city in northwest
Morocco famous for the blue color of
the house of his Medina. this
holding, we see "mendile" Cloth
striped red and white of the iconic
area wrapped around the waist.
It is also found among the
characteristic of the area "chachia"
This is a braided hat "dum" "dwarf
palm" and lined with small pompoms
in bright colors.

The traditional DJellaba of Jbalas

The Djellaba Ouazzania (garment

worn both in summer and winter).
The weaving of wool is activated
very old, it gave rise to a whole
textile chain in his steps.
The Djellaba Ouazzania which the
city owes its national reputation is a
coveted clothing thanks to the
quality of the skills of artisans
Ouazzanis (Derraza and Khayata).

4- Amazigh clothes from Souss:

Clothes for Amazigh Women:

The Amazigh women wears wide

trousers and a shirt, they donned a
long tunic tightened at the waist by a
belt in the colors of the tribe with A
scarf of vivid colors.
Berber jewels are valuable for
women, usually jewelry is silver
chains, reinforced wool son put on
women's head to hide their hair dyed
with henna.

The Amazigh clothes for Men is

called djellaba soussia

In principle, the djellaba was at

the base of the clothing of the
Berber man. generally the
djellaba was a family production.
The Amazigh women wove
everyday sheep's wool to clothe
the family members, at least
Every tent had a djellaba
reserved to the chief of the
family called amghar.

5- the clothes of the northern regions:

Moroccan Sahara

Traditional dress of women is called : The Melhfa

-The Melhfa is ample fabric about 3
meters, a sort of cloth that is
wrapped around the body to
eventually cover the hair also.
The traditional dress of women
Sahraoui is either black or blue. The
color that is said to protect the body
from the effects of sunlight and
preserve heat.
According to quality Let women be
young or old, educated or not, the
Sahrawi women wear. This is not
just an outfit to go out, it is also an
inner condition.

The traditional clothing of the man is called

Deraia Sahraoui
This is a wide gandoura and open on
the side. the body is breathable.
The golden seams on the front are
usually handmade. they have the
property to protect the sunshine.
This gandoura is always blue, referring
to the blue men of the Sahara, but
when there is a party or wedding, men
generally wear white.

the Saharawi people covers their head with

Chech
The turban, called Chech,
is an extremely wide
cotton fabric which is
wound on the head.
It provides protection
from the sun and
sandstorms.
The Chech is usually
black but often the
elderly wear white.

6- Wedding traditional clothes:

6- wedding traditional clothes:

In Morocco, traditional clothing constitutes the basic
wardrobe of Moroccan women in all social classes.
Moroccan married Wears between 5 & 7 dress during the
wedding party :
Lebssa Rbatia,
Lebsa lfasiya,
Lebssa chelha,
Lebssa Chamaliya,
Lebssa sahraouiya

Lebssa Rbatia:
Red velvet and gold thread. He
did not button his sleeves and are
very wide. tradition says that the
caftan is worn without a belt until
the 7th day of the wedding.
The hairstyle is called '' Touqida
'(raised in height) and consists of
two scarves that give it the
conical shape.

Lebsa Lfasiya:
The lebsa lfasiya ("Fassi dress"),
or lebssa deljoher (The pearls
dress) is the fifth rite of wedding
dress seven outfits.
This outfit, is very difficult to
wear for the wedding because of
the large number of parts that
compose it.
With this outfit, the bride should
be lifted on the Amariya or
Mida.

Lebssa Chelha:
Concerning chelha Dress (biro), the
white fabric is better quality, the
bride also about it a whole set of
paraphernalia (taqcuct) which are
the crown (Tidri), collar (tamalast)
bracelet to handle and ankle
(axexal) ... Here is an overview of a
dress that approach to our
traditional dresses:

Lebssa Chamaliya:
The woman wears a caftan in
two parts, and a former wide
belt "hzam". Above, she wears a
white takhlila with golden
stripes. On his head, a striped
scarf (sebniya del bhar) gives
the conical shape of the
hairstyle, which are added in
several jewelry assabas.

Lebssa Sahraouiya:
we must to go to a wedding to
realize that melhfas are not all
identical since there are those
Sahrawi women take home and
those that are just for occasions.
Berber jewels are valuable for
women, usually jewelry is silver
chains, reinforced wool son put
on women's head to hide their
hair dyed with henna.

One of the characteristics of the traditional

clothing in Morocco is the variety of its
culture and that's what creates the wealth
it's coming from the diversity of its origins:
Arabic, Amazigh and musilmane.

Thank you for your attention