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Morroco Berber people are famous for "liquid gold" - a rare beauty vegetable oil famous throughout Africa.
Berber is a group of indigenous people of North Africa. They are nomadic people, appeared long ago about 2000 years BC. In the beginning, the Berber people were called 'Amazigh' - free people. Later, the Greeks came to invade, they carried on them the Berber name meaning "to say no to Greece" (non-Greek).
Picture of an old Berber woman .
. and today
Mainly live in Morroco - a fertile land that helps women get out of poverty. It is the place where argan oil is produced - a medicinal material that is considered 'liquid gold' of the Berber people.
The work of extracting Argan oil has been associated with Berber women for centuries
Argan (Argania spinosa) is grown in separate areas in Morocco Africa thousands of years ago and its seed oil - Argan organic oil - is used to enhance health, nourish the skin, Hair and many other uses.
The scarcity of Argan and Argan seeds along with the complete extraction of oil by hand makes it a high-value product.It took a Berber woman three days to make a liter of oil
Therefore, the women often have to turn their heads off and take care of their families, so that they can afford to finance their families. It is because of the elaborate work of making oil that has many uses so Argan oil is famous all over North Africa and exported to many other countries.
This woman is peeling off the Argan seeds to squeeze the essential oil
This woman's hands are dyed yellow in color after peeling the shell, squeezing Argan oil
In addition, the Berbers support themselves and their families with traditional handicrafts. Living in houses made of mud, wood and stone, but the Berber carpets are famous for being beautiful and elaborate.
To weave the carpets made of sheepskin or camel hair with that vivid color, the weavers proceeded to wash the selected sheep and camel hair and make them into fibers.Then they dye them with natural colors, cleverly weaving them into diverse shapes.
The Berber's carpet weaving technique is only passed on to those in the same family.Every day, carpet will be brought to the market to exchange for necessities
Berber people live by each clan, including many families. Berber women also have the same privileges and freedoms as men. But most of them are illiterate, so they use symbols to mark their identities.
In addition, they also wear jewelry that is made very subtly, highly artistic, but at the same time to convey a message of strength and national identity that they have determined to preserve for next generation.
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