Authentic Traditions and Spiritual Rituals Distinguish Ramadan in the Spiritual City of Morocco, Fez.
Ramadan is the blessed month during which Muslims fast from dawn to sunset. This month is an opportunity for meditation and prayer during which Muslims perform charitable work and make donations. The holy month of Ramadan begins when the moon appears in a crescent shape and ends when it returns to the same shape.
Since the first day of this holy month, various mosques, whether in the heart of the ancient city of Fez or in the new city, have witnessed a strong turnout by worshipers, which continues throughout the days and nights of this holy month.
Before this blessed month, mosques and places of worship have witnessed extensive operations of cleaning, repair and restoration carried out by those in charge of the mosques, as well as many volunteers who contribute to these initiatives and consider their work and efforts purely for the sake of God and seeking his pleasure.
In this context, the housewives are keen during this holy month to prepare meals and food that cannot be absent from the “Ftour” table (break-fast table) throughout the days of this month, especially the “Shabakia”, a sweet made from flour, honey, sesame, and rose water, “Bryush”, a luxurious bread made mainly with flour, eggs, butter, as well as milk, yeast, salt, and sometimes sugar, “Slu”, a paste of flour, butter, sugar, “Baghrir”, a small and spongy bread made with semolina or flour and riddled with tiny holes, and other materials and foods that often furnish the “Ftour” table of the Fassi family.
All those Moroccan dishes, meals and sweet, are possible to be learnt with Things to Do in Fez, since this agency provides a Cooking Class Program in Fez city that is lead by experienced Chefs, who will show you step by step how to be a part of the Moroccan cuisine’s great cooker.
Also, the Fassi Ramadan is an occasion for citizens to shop and buy the necessary materials, making sure to call back everything that is pure, as women and housewives spend time on long tours searching of that product that is local and fresh to use in their preparations of sweets and meals like honey, almonds and dates, through which they make pastries and drinks that decorate their Fassi table.
The month of fasting completely changes the normal daily life of the Muslim to better, because it is in one hand an opportunity for renewing the connection with Allah and purifying souls, and on the other hand, the arrival of this holy month is an occasion to consolidate the customs and traditions of the spiritual capital, Fez, in clothing, food and the way of living.
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