Berber women defend this millennial heritage, this artistic attachment, and they contribute within the kingdom and for the most concerned localities, to uphold the international reputation of Moroccan Berber carpets. In a perpetual fight against oblivion and the wear of time, these Berber weavers preserve memory, imagination, know-how, and the multicultural encounter of the Berber tribes of Morocco, ensuring the continuity of this ancestral art of weaving and promoting the components of this unique Moroccan Berber culture that highlights creativity, imagination, and the typical and authentic sensitivity of each Moroccan artisan. These women also uphold the essential place and role that women hold within the Moroccan family, on many levels: social, cultural, traditional, educational, and of course, economic!
Weaving in Morocco
Weaving in Morocco appeared as early as 1500 BC, an official datum from the Ministry of Communication of Morocco. The diversity of materials also characterizes the art of textiles and all forms of artisanal textile expression. These expressions are enhanced by weaving, which clothes bodies and creates some of the most refined decorative objects. In the mountainous and rural areas of the Atlas, as in cities including the beautiful Marrakech, the practices of art and craftsmanship extend beyond workshops and can already be admired in the heart of the medina's alleys.
Warping, spinning, and wool treatment are techniques visible to those who truly take an interest! All this can also be seen in the many workshops present in Morocco. Wool remains the blessed material considered a gift from heaven in Morocco, and it is what upholds the renown of Moroccan Berber carpets.
The Work of the Berber Weaver or Simply the Woman
The work of the Berber weaver has long been a feminine tradition passed down from mothers to daughters. It is the women who perform all the tasks that occur after shearing, preparation, washing, coloring and dyeing, storage, and spinning of the wool, and finally setting up the loom and thus weaving. Women's work in Morocco, especially in rural areas, strongly invests these women in all domestic and economic activities with low added value, such as agriculture, handicrafts, and trade.
The underestimation and statistical invisibility of these works are, unfortunately, still the norm. Yet, in the rural economy in general, the role of these women and the nature of the tasks they perform often play a crucial role.
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