Moroccan takchita

Moroccan takchita

Moroccan takchita

Moroccan takchita

Takchita Marocaine
Takchita Marocaine, achat pour l'export, plusieurs modèles et collection disponible, mise en relation avec stylistes au Maroc.
Caftans et Takchita Marocains... Ces tenues traditionnelles sublimées par les tissus, les pierreries et les techniques des maalem toujours plus fines et délicates mais surtout par l'imagination de créateurs de talent !

Moroccan dresses for women: Caftan Morocco of Women

Caftan Morocco of  Women
Caftan Morocco of  Women , hot couture Moroccan caftan silk velvet hand embroidered with golden thread, linking with designers and couturiers in Morocco for export.

Caftan Morocco of  Women , hot couture Moroccan caftan silk velvet hand embroidered with golden thread, linking with designers and couturiers in Morocco for export.


I would like to present you the traditional dresses of Morocco for women! We call them "caftan" or "takchita!"

A short introduction, taken in the website: "moroccan traditional clothes":

No feast in the Maghreb, Morocco Including, Could not be Deprived of this garment overwhelmed charming as the Caftan.

A beautiful dress for every woman wishing to Distinguish, or even a thousand lights sparkle and inflame the desire Among Others.

However, the caftan was Originally a men's clothing, men distinguished by Increasing Were it, Especially if it was a caftan embroidered in gold or silver thread, then, the habit was the man!

Goal, little by little, Women Have captured the caftan, making this habit distinguished emblem of Their beauty.

Even if the caftan Took his fame in Morocco, history shows That icts origins well worldwide. The Ottomans and the Russians wore embroidered caftans, Especially on the front and sleeves. Sultan Suleiman the magnificent harbor HAD Itself. And although expensive caftans Were Offered The most significant and significant victory of the day.

The art of caftans rises Towards the second half of the seventeenth with tissue-type Selimiye with wide vertical stripes and sumptuous and detailed embroidery. The fabrics Were produced in Turkey, Italy, India and China. These fabrics with names Such as bürümcük, aba, Canfer, gatma, Gezi, diba, kutnu, kemha, serasera, indeed, some of thesis names are still used in Morocco (pronounced kemha kemkha).

It is now found in Morocco que le caftan icts charm. Object of different creations day after day, the caftan is the soul of authenticity. Indeed, the whole world Began to Recognize icts beauty, all with events like Caftan Morocco Sees the Competition Between charming Moroccan and foreign designers to offer the best of Their innovative talent, Which is aussi the best top clothe models in the world, delighted, this beautiful gift of history.

The caftan (or takchita) is one of the various components of Moroccan heritage dress (like the Jellaba Jabador the tchamir, the "Cheddi" Moorish women from the North ....). It was worn by women in urban and rural women tributary Whether Jewish or Muslim faiths. The caftans light clothes inside while caftans are thick outerwear as Haik (some Moroccan North of Tunisian and Algerian) or Jellaba (a kind of mantle traditional Moroccan men with long hood Moroccan resume for practical That Reasons and women). In urban environment and / or the families found The most successful caftans


 Enjoy!

Pier Morocco, made donations of clothes, shoes or toys

Pier Morocco, made donations of clothes, shoes or toys



Volunteers of the sport association support equipment are helping the poor for the winter. On the platform of Morocco, the blue container has a stock of clothing. Donation clothes in good condition are welcome.

In almost 18 years, since 1995, four volunteers Jean-Pierre, Louis, William and Rene were able to help thousands of poor. Installed dock Morocco, opposite the Harbour, their blue container hosts less well dressed. In crowded place, many boxes adorn the shelves. More or less filled with shoes, t-shirts, sweatshirts, socks. Recent addition sorely lacking, as well as men's shoes: Notice to generous donors! On the other hand, many hangers hang jackets, jackets, coats, all strong freshness is useful when installed outdoors in winter. Finally, a few boxes of toys for the younger ones, a cup of coffee for others.

"Anyone can give"

Volunteer, Jean-Pierre is, 6 hours a week. If it's not him, it's William, Rene. Or Louis, his brother, the original project. All under the auspices of the ASCE (Association Sportive of Mutual of Equipment). "Anyone can come to retrieve or clothing., But the priority is of course the homeless" says the volunteer. So just come to the same schedule in order to give. But no matter how "The goal is not to get rid of dirty clothes or holes but give to help," says he. And therefore "the smell of laundry on the clothes given is always a pleasure".

2,000 people per year

Difficult to predict the evolution of container that can "leave at any time." The place belongs indeed still the town hall, which can reuse the spot if necessary. However, given the "sad successfully" met over 2000 people each year, it would be a shame to lose one of the voluntary aid of the city. The current era should rather seek to develop.

Moroccan Traditional Clothes

Moroccan Traditional Clothes

Moroccan clothing varies by region, depending on local traditions more than a way of life, it is not dependent on any mode.
In modern cities, clothing "the European" is gaining ground, but it still bears many traditional clothing.
The most common is the djellaba adopted by women as by men, it is a long garment with sleeves, but wide right, "coveralls", the men go on a woolen shirt or suit their tent flap and hood often on tarbouche. The gandoura is a kind of sleeveless tunic, usually white. caftan, a fashion imported in Europe, is the toilet of urban, buttoned front throughout, with small balls tight slit on the sides, it can be done, for special occasions-in a rich fabric (velvet, silk, brocade ...), and trimmed with gold or silver. The Moroccan port ent with an embroidered belt.

History of the kaftan

History of the kaftan 


Persian origin, the caftan (pronounced "Caftane") is a long tunic and wide, without a collar, long sleeves, composed of several strips, which give greater or lesser extent. It is worn both by men than by women. Completely open at the front, it is topped with a cord of braided silk (sfifa), closed with a row of buttons (âakad) and its flanges (Aayoun). This caftan is called ain or ouqda ("eye" or "buttons"). Its silk embroidery is gold or silver, precious stones or trimmings. They adorn the breastplate, shoulders and cuffs.

The first written mention the Moroccan caftan dating from the sixteenth century. Already worn by the Parthians and Persians, the caftan was introduced into the Muslim East under the Abbasids. The Emir Abd al-Rahman II (822-852) - small son of Abd al-Rahman I, who won Andalusia, where he formed an independent emirate in the ninth century - loving culture, the artist received Zyriab, come Baghdad. This was the Andalusians discover the refinement of the Muslim East and the musical modes, culinary arts and clothing. He showed them what to wear according to the seasons: white and light summer fabrics, clothing lined and dark winter.



 At the beginning of the twelfth century Andalusia - governed by the Berber dynasties - says artistic sensibility clean, new tastes and new aspirations that allow his art and his craft shine throughout the Mediterranean. Its influence is continuously in Moroccan cities called hadaria ("urban"): Fes, Rabat, Salé and Tetouan. In 1492, the Christian reconquest ended with the conquest of Granada, the last Muslim kingdom remained in the hands of the Nasrid sultans (1238-1492). Despite their promises, the Catholic Kings ordered the expulsion of Muslims and Jews. The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, waves of exiles arrived and Morocco. They will know the northern cities of the latest techniques of silk weaving and conclude propagate their fashions.

Presentation of the caftan:

Presentation of the caftan:
Caftan (alqaftane in Morocco) is part of the heritage dress in Morocco.

It is the centerpiece of the wardrobe of Moroccan women. It can be worn by both the male and female.


It is a long loose garment, straight, long sleeves or mid-length, collarless or hooded, open the full length in the middle and often richly embroidered.


This costume is inspired draped Gallo-Roman and has undergone several transformations over time, each people gave it a personal touch at: cut, color, embroidery ... (caftan Persian, Mongolian, Slavic, Andalusian ...)


Originally, only the sultans and their wives had the privilege of wearing this dress expensive (due to many months of work and a large area of ​​tissue necessary for the design).


The use of caftans was spread by trade caravans traveling the Muslim world and Mecca, a city of trade between Asia, Middle East, Africa and Europe.


Andalusians are installed in Morocco between the XII and XVI century caftan strengthen port in the country.


In the nineteenth century, the caftan tracks changes in the mode: cut in velvet, silk, brocade, it is richly embroidered with the son of gold, silver or silk.


For some years this garment has evolved, it is no longer made to hide the body. It seeks to enhance femininity, it combines tradition and modernism necklines, overlays, transparencies, fluid materials ... are part of this magnificent garment. Fine embroidery, worked inspired by Moroccan tradition.


The caftan inspired the creativity of artists and designers of haute couture (Salima Abdel Wahab, Yves Saint Laurent, ...). Thus the caftan is now exported worldwide.

Morocco: MRE organize a relief effort for the village of Angfou

Morocco: MRE organize a relief effort for the village of Angfou


Every year it's the same scenario. The inhabitants of remote villages of the Atlas Mountains face a cold winter. Winter especially hard to bear especially for babies and younger children. To help people overcome the cold, hundreds of volunteers are active in Moroccan time to collect the most money possible, food, clothing and blankets to be distributed to villagers in ten days.

12 and 13 January is scheduled for a humanitarian operation to distribute food parcels, clothing and blankets to the villagers landlocked Angfou perched at 1600 meters altitude in the Atlas. Hundreds of volunteers in Morocco and around the world are mobilized and are busy at the moment to raise the most money possible. An operation a few days after the death of a baby in the village of Angfou. While the parents claimed that their baby had died after catching cold, the Ministry of the Interior contradicted him on his side, the reason for his death. He argued that "it was a natural death following a short illness." According to activists, human rights there, four other babies were also frozen to death. Information also belied by the Ministry of the Interior.
MRE around the world mobilized
This is Allae Hammioui, a Moroccan resident abroad who is behind this initiative. "It all started last year when I read an article about the death of a baby in the village of Angfou, a death that was denied by the Ministry of the Interior. "Says he Yabiladi. "It hit me and I said that it is still unacceptable to see people die of cold in Morocco in 2012. So without thinking, I decided to start this event. , "He says.
After creating a simple page on Facebook to raise awareness and plan to launch an operation in support of the people of the village, quickly took initiative. The page has circulated on the net and people quickly expressed their desire to participate in this operation. In less than 24 hours, Moroccans from all over the world, from Japan to Canada from Europe have contacted Allae to say they wanted to participate in the operation. Some of these MRE did not hesitate to send the money was used to purchase food. Other Moroccans rallied in their host countries to collect food and clothing they sent in containers or by bus in Morocco.
10 tons of food collected
The kingdom, dozens of volunteers are scrambling to collect their side the most money possible. "We also have a Moroccan who wished to remain anonymous and will put at our disposal a truck carrying 40 tons to transport packages and gifts to the village Angfou" says Allae. Nearly 10 tons of food, such as pulses, sugar, flour or oil were collected and nearly 3 tons of clothes. All of this merchandise is currently stored in the garage of the house Selwa Zine in Rabat, the project manager of Morocco. It is the latter that has managed to get authorization from the prefecture Midelt to deliver these gifts to the people of the village. However, to prevent neighboring villages Angfou feel frustrated not to receive the volunteer team also plans to visit neighboring villages to distribute a portion of these donations.
"I do not do politics! '
In a previous article Yabiladi an Amazigh activist explained that it was not charity needed by the people of these villages but the government launches the faster an emergency plan to create infrastructure to open up the villages. "I do not go into politics! "Says Allae Hammioui. "As a Moroccan citizen, I am concerned that my fellow citizens live in these villages. I do what I can within my means. And if everyone does a little, we can change things, "he adds. "Shouting day and complain that the government does nothing and go to sleep at night in a warm bed, will not improve things. You know, I live for a year and a half in Paris and I see people sleeping on the subway or under bridges while France is one of the richest countries in the world. By helping these people when I say my Moroccan citizenship and I do not stop at what the government should do! "He concludes. For its part, the Ministry of Health organized a medical caravan from 3 January to remote villages of the Atlas which will benefit more than 2,000 people.