It’s almost over, so we had to hurry to introduce you to summer, the hottest and most sun-drenched season in Morocco (and that's just the beginning!).In Berber, summer is ⴰⵏⴱⴷⵓ, which is pronounced Anbdu. (Yes, it’s one of those difficult words to pronounce!)
Summer is harvest season – which is happening earlier and earlier. That’s also the second meaning of Anbdu!
Summer is the season of the chergui, a hot wind that blows up from the Sahara and makes the air scorching. Finally, it is the season for weddings – and tourists.
It was emigration that shifted the wedding season to summer, the only time when the whole family, including expatriates, could get together in Morocco.
In the past, at least in rural areas, weddings tended to take place in the autumn, after the harvest. The sale of the harvest provided the money needed to celebrate, and people were available because they did not have to focus on working in the fields.
That is why attempting to move [myurl slug=”llnfl_moussem” anchort=”the Imilchil Moussem festivities”] to the end of summer, as was done one year, was an aberration.
Some summers are more difficult than others: when Ramadan occurs during this period, fasting is particularly challenging. Fortunately, this difficult time is now behind us, for a good twenty years.
You may notice that there are no photos of the desert in this article, even though nothing symbolises the heat of summer better than the desert. The reason is simple: in summer, only tourists go to the desert!
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