Tuesday, 11 December 2007
Christmas in Morocco
It is hard to believe it is almost Christmas. So few signs of it here, no Christmas trees in public, no decorated shops and decorations only available in the big supermarket here. Even though we had a Christmas concert, called a Winter concert to be politically correct, at school with a few Christmas carols. We also had a Christmas breakup at work, with roast turkey but still . . . . . . . Maybe it is being so busy at work, not having a Christmas tree at home and planning to be away in yet another Moslem country for Christmas. At least I have managed to send a few Christmas cards, assuming they get there as it seems some postcards haven't been.
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Christmas in Morocco is just an other way of enjoying Holiday. It does not mean you cannot celebrate christmas in Morocco ofcourse you can many people do celebrate Christmas and New year betwwen their friends. Moroccan celebrate everything nice and thats the unique thing of Morocco. It is a real multicultural country full of contrasts. I rememeber whe i was student in Morocco most of the teacher were French and they teach us how to celebrate Christmas, New year and we teach them about how to celebrate Eid...It was fantastic
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Reminds me of when I used to work in Balaclava -- not Muslim but a predominantly Jewish population. You weren't allowed to ask people their Christian names because of course they don't have Christian names, only first names. And no Christmas decorations anywhere, but you would see the Hanukkah candles in a lot of shop fronts. I love experiencing different cultures!
Actually, the Acima in Hay Riad had Christmas trees and decorations. It was rather bizarre because there was also a large poster of a sheep for Eid in the same area! An interesting mixture of cultures...
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