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N°06578
Element Rites and craftsmanship associated with the wedding costume tradition of Tlemcen (Algeria)
Inscribed in 2012 (7.COM) on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Title as submitted FR: Les motifs circulaires dessinés sur les joues et sous la lèvre inférieure de la mariée sont censés protéger sa fertilité des esprits maléfiques. On retriuve cette tradition antique dans la plupart des cérémonies nuptiales berbères d'Afrique du Nord.
Photograph: Leyla Belkaïd
© Belkaïd, 2011