Customs and traditions in the region of El Attaouia

Collection title

Ilayk

ID

SNR00395

Source

SNRT (MA)

First broadcast date

12/16/2011

Production year

2011

Abstract

Report from the region of El Attaouia, in the province of Kelâat Seraghna, on the traditions and rituals around engagement and the traditional role of the matchmaker in marriage. Interview with a matchmaker, Saida Errabah, while preparing couscous in her kitchen. She explains how she carefully chooses the right young man and woman to form a couple. She adds that she is not paid for this, but her satisfaction is to put two persons together and form a legal couple.

Type

video

Production companies

• SNRT - Own production

Broadcaster

SNRT - AlAoula

Audiovisual form

Magazine

Personalities

• El Rabah Saida

Primary theme

Women

Secondary themes

• Society and way of life / Cooking / Cooking traditions

Credits / Cast

• El Aloui Abdallah - Director

Period of events

• 2010

Map locations

• Morocco - Inland - El Attaouia

Original language

Arabic

Media running time

5m2

Additional information