Berber Clothing : Answears to the questions

 Why do Berber women wear something to cover their faces during weddings? 

Most of the time, during weddings the berber bride cover her face.This a part of their traditions. For the berbers, the man does not have to see the face of his futur wife  until the end of the wedding.

You showed some very nice tattoos on a paper, some designs, but, what do they represent?

Some of the tattoos that I showed you on the paper were facial tatoos. Some of them are used on chins and others on the forehead. Tattoos were marks of tribal identification.

What part of the Berber traditions and clothing were influenced by the Romans and what part was influenced by the Arabs?

Like the Romans, the berbers still wear the haik which a long cloth wrapped around the body in a similar way to the roman toga. When Arabs invaded Morocco, the Berbers were forced to accept the strict dress codes of the Arab Muslims. The berber  women cover their hair with scarves and their faces with veils. The influence of the Arabs of the north is stronger because the women wear plainer clothes in public tha at home. 

If somebody wrote a book about Berber clothing do you actually think people would read it, would you read it? If they do read it what can they do after that to help presevre the Berber clothing?

Well, yes why people won’t read a book about the Berber Clothing ? After they read the book then, they can share what they learned about the berber clothing with other people and if everyone do the samething, the berber clothing and the berber culture in general will be known.

Why do I see more Berber women wear a head scarf but not as many women in Rabat?

In Islam, wearing a head scarf is not obligated. The berber women may or may not cover their hair. Most of the time, the berber women in villages and small cities do cover their hair with a scarf.