Summary for Berber Women~

Berber Women have their own ways to live. They have their own clothing styles, to decorate themselves, works, marriage life, and educations. However, if we take their culture away from them, then they would start to have hard times to get use to the electronic objects. Most of Berber women wear kaftan or jellaba for their fashionable clothing under. Also, they wear the headdress to cover their head to keep the beliefs. Wealthy women of Berber, wear jewelries of “Hand of Fatima,” that are made if silver or gold. If a women doesn’t wear jewelry that is not made of silver or gold, they believe that they’re poor. In addition, Berber women do tattoos on their feet, hand, and sometimes permanently on their face, called “Henna.” They believe that those accessories keep bad lucks or illness away from them. Berber Women usually have long and harsh days. They sometimes work in the farm. When they do farm, they raise plants, crops. In their house, they make baskets, take care of children, elderly relatives, weave rugs, and make meals for their family. Marriage is most important part of Berber women’s life. The typical bride age for Berber is 14 to 15 and after the wedding, the bride goes to husband’s house and live there. They have their marriage in their home village or traditional bridal fair. Long time ago, Berber girls used to stay at home and learn about home-crafts from their mothers. However in present time, more than 40% of teenage girls attend schools, and if their family agrees, sometimes they go to college also. I think we should preserve Berber Women culture, because it’s how the live, and if we take away from them, they would be confused how to live without it. Even if they didn’t, they would have hard times to get used to it. Furthermore, they will make tons of mistakes with using electronic objects.