A time to woo / by Patti Langton, narrated by Glynis Brooks.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Langton, Patti, producer.

Brooks, Glynis, narrator.

British Broadcasting Corporation, distributor.

Series:

Ethnographic video online.

Language:

English

Tamashek

Subjects (All):

Courtship--Morocco--High Atlas Mountains.

Courtship.

Women, Berber--Morocco--High Atlas Mountains.

Women, Berber.

Berbers--Social life and customs.

Berbers.

Morocco--High Atlas Mountains.

Genre:

Ethnographic films.

Documentary films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 streaming video file (50 min.) : sound, color

polychrome

Place of Publication:

London, England : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), 1996.

Language Note:

English, Tamashek, with English subtitles.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

video file

Summary:

Once a year the Ait Haddidu people of Morocco gather for an extraordinary festival a bride fair where men and women come to meet each other and choose a marriage partner. After the briefest of courtship, they can get engaged on the spot and agree to a marriage contract in a simple ceremony. First time brides will return to their family until their more formal wedding feast months later. Widowed or divorced women can go straight to their new husband's village. This is the story of two women who go to the bride fair in search of a husband. Fadma has been coming here for 12 years since her divorce. In that time she has failed to find a suitable man and at the age of 27 she is afraid that this year may be her last chance. Aisha is here for the time. She is fourteen and has high hopes of finding a man that both she and her parents would approve her.

Notes:

Previously released on DVD.

Title from title frames (Ethnographic video online, viewed May 30, 2012).

Filmed in Morocco.

Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2010. (Ethnographic video online). Available via World Wide Web.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.