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The Traditional Moroccan Wedding

The Traditional Moroccan WeddingMarriage in Morocco is closely connected to ancestral traditions and customs as well as religion.It can be celebrated for more then one day and the most of practices evolve around the beauty of the bride and the unity of the family of the two spouses.



The traditional Moroccan wedding has quite an elaborate and meaningful process. The wedding process can take up to seven days ...
yes , one full week of celebration , and there are many pre-wedding ceremonies that take place before the actual wedding.

On her wedding day, it is a Moroccan wedding custom for the bride to have a ceremonial purification milk bath before ritual " henna painting " of her hands and feet.
henna painting (Beberiska)
Originally, this purification and painting was the wedding ceremony in Arab lands some 200 years ago.
Modern Moroccan brides continue this tradition by anointing the palm of the guests with unique smear, called the henna.