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Morocco is a country rich in terms of history, traditions, peoples, culture, religion, climate, geography and more. Each of these aspects of the country influences fashion clothing Moroccans. Among the wide variety of clothing in Morocco, we find the djellaba and caftan, two fine clothes that evoke the luxurious style of dress of the country.
If you walk through the streets of any city in Morocco, you will certainly see a few men and women wearing long, loose dresses hood over their normal clothes. This coat is called the djellaba. It covers the entire body except the head, hands and feet.
The djellaba for woman is different from that of men in style and purpose. Women wear a djellaba for different reasons. Firstly, it is a very comfortable clothing and aesthetics. Secondly, it is a modest clothing to wear in a Muslim country. Some women accompany wearing a scarf around their neck or their heads. It is also worn during visits to families and religious occasions.
The men used to wear only a djellaba for special occasions, sometimes surmounted by the famous Moroccan red hat, called tarboosh and yellow leather slippers, known as belgha. The djellaba Women is more colorful compared to men, and nowadays, djellabas became shorter and thinner. There are verses in the Koran that refer to the djellaba like a garment to be worn by Muslim women. A djellaba is mostly brought out of the house and there djellabas for each day as well as for special occasions.
The Moroccan caftan means clothing that looks like the djellaba but without the hood. The origins of the caftan back to the Ottoman Empire. Indeed it was one of the finest clothes worn by the Ottoman elite. Like other clothes, it has evolved over time.
In Morocco, women wear it for special occasions like a wedding. The caftan is the basic garment of the bride on her wedding day. It is worn under a takchita, which is another beautiful dress decorated the front with buttons handmade traditional, wide sleeves and a thick belt worn around the waist. In contrast to the djellaba, a caftan is not doing outside the house.
As a foreigner in Morocco, you can wear any type of traditional Moroccan clothing. It is quite possible and very appreciated. In winter, a man can wear a djellaba wool over his clothes to be warm. And if a woman has invited people to celebrate a holiday, it can make a caftan to receive his guests.
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