| Customs and Traditions |
| The custom of the Shedda |
| Or the art to get dressed as a small bride... |
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| Once having seven years, the little girls from the area of Tetouan are subjected to certain passage rites aiming their integration and their initiation to the future adult life... |
The "shedda" is often celebrated the 26th day of the month of Ramadan, when the girl fasts for the first time.
The "shedda" consists in dressing the little girl as a bride using some make up in order to make her become aware of her body and teaching her how to get interested in it.
The ceremony starts with the sunset, the girl, with a gold currency in the mouth, stands on the top of a high chair decorated with jasmine and flowers bunches before making her drink milk and eat dates for the |
rupture of her first fast.
Later, the ceremony continues by a festival animated by a female troop of Andalusian music where the little girls of the district, the family members and the neighbours are invited.
The girl thus disguised and dressed follows a deep and ancient tradition belonging to the women of Tetouan… |
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