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5 h 34 min (378,4 km) N10

Ouarzazate to Agadir about 5 h 34 min 378,4 km) N10National route 10 is fully paved

The Jbel Sirwa, also spelled Djebel Siroua, is a peak in the Little Atlas mountain range, an old stratovolcano that rises 3,304 metres above sea level

Traditional Berber part of women's jewellery, fibula are decorative, symbolic, and functional. The size and weight of the fibula worn by this Berber woman indicate her status whilst their shape, the inverted triangle, represent the female form. they also serve as clasps to keep her mantle in place

Taznakht is a town in Ouarzazate Province, on the road from Ouarzazate to Agadir

Moulay-Hassan Avenue

Taznakht has an estimated

population of 10,000

The region of Souss-Massa-Draa is famous

for carpet weaving

Taznakht rugs of Moroccan Atlas mountains are

fully hand made and hand-wooven by Berber women working in many

small villages

These rugs come from the middle Atlas

Mountains and are made by the

Taznakht tribe and sold in the souks in Southern Morocco.

These rugs generally have cool colors with patterns that closer resemble Persian

rugs, a unique style for Moroccan rugs. Made of wool and

natural dyes

women sewed the region for

generations, carpets with

specific characteristics and

reasons for the region. In bright colors and sizes, carpet Taznakht

are thus models of paintings skilled

hands of women in this region.

Paintings that told their stories and

express their concerns.

Carpet weaving in Morocco is learning that are transmitted from generation to generation. Populated with a set of patterns created thanks to the talents of these women, the carpet of the city of Taznakht full of signs and geometric shapes. Found, thus, squares, triangles, circles and symbols Tifinagh expressing Amazighe identity

The prepared wool is finally dyed using natural products in order to have bright and varied colors: orange made from alum, peels of onions (or a mixture of henna and alum ), the yellow compound alum, flowers of marigolds (or saffron and henna), the burgundy composed of plant and Foua henna, blue made from lilac

The oldest carpets manufactured in Morocco are Taznakht, Zayane and Hanbal, all of which are made in the same region and are a source of pride for the country’s handicraft industry

Sound: Oum – Zarabi – Lila; Jini

2017

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