Berber women are a very unique group of people. They are both physically and mentally strong. They are capable of doing many tasks like raising the children, cooking, weaving and labor work without whining. They are very loyal to their family and love their kids and husband, also, they may be very obedient to their husband.
A part of Berber women’s identity, is their clothing, and their jewelry. They wear casual clothes during normal time at home but wear kaftans during big occasions or when they go out and wear colorful skirts and blouses when in the fields. For Jewelry, they wear the hand of Fatima, bracelets, thick silver chains, earrings rings, and pins. Also Henna is very important to them so they can become beautiful.
Most Berber women don’t go to school (60%) but many of them know how to read and write in the Tifinagh language. During celebrations, the women dance a lot with the drummers and sway around a fire that is lit in the middle.
Why keep Berber Women? Once a Berber man quoted “Women are the ridge pole of a tent” So what I can conclude from that is the Berber women are what keep their family in a good relationship, stable and happy as well as a working family. Without them and their strength, the family will fall apart.
