Mexico Meets Morocco
jueves, 7 de octubre de 2010
miércoles, 6 de octubre de 2010
To conclude...
As a conclusion, Mexico and Morocco are two countries that shares some culture aspects and differ in others, but they are two fraternal cultures that develop constantly and are mentioned worldwide as "growing up nations" regardless of all the issues they can encounter every day.
It is not coincidence that Mexico and Morocco are two tourist destinations where people fall in love with the culture. Maybe because of the open-loving people, maybe because of the exotic food or all the different traditions they have to make the daily-life living interesting as it should be in every culture.
Fun facts! - Did you know...?
Mexican money is called pesos, and Moroccan money is called dirhams.
Below, two coins: 10 pesos & 10 dirhams.
Interesting...
Now lets check a worldmap...
Big coincidence, don't you think so?
Below, two coins: 10 pesos & 10 dirhams.
Interesting...
Now lets check a worldmap...
Big coincidence, don't you think so?
martes, 5 de octubre de 2010
lunes, 4 de octubre de 2010
Art, music.....
Although this section has many topics of which we speak, we will focus mainly to art, culture, architecture and clothing from Mexico and Morocco.
Art .- in Morocco are the main forms of artistic expression through carpet weaving, jewelry, ceramics, sculpture and painting. Inside the ceramic tiles we also find, located inside the houses and palaces. In Mexico we can find jewelry making, painting and sculpture, as well as ceramics, mainly in the very traditional talavera, which comes from Andalusian Arabic culture, is probably also arrived in Morocco many years ago. In terms of painting, highlighting the murals of Bonampak pre-Hispanic cities, Teotihuacan and Monte Alban, and in contemporary painting we see the great murals of David Alfaro Siqueiros and Diego Rivera. As already mentioned that the Spanish influence was the similarity in the two countries in the field of painting, we can not find clear similarities, but if we see them in carpet weaving, pottery (or talavera) and jewelry.
Moroccan mosaic
Architecture.- Mexican architecture is characterized as baroque, but few know where it comes from the baroque which is in Mexico, this comes from the baroque architecture of Andalusia (Spain), and although in this field Morocco and Mexico do not have great matches, we can see in both countries some Andalusian Baroque style buildings. Because as has been said these countries were, at one time, Spanish colonies. This difference is because of the geography of where these countries are situated, and therefore have to adapt to the environment, Morocco is desert and in Mexico we can find a diverse climate.
Art .- in Morocco are the main forms of artistic expression through carpet weaving, jewelry, ceramics, sculpture and painting. Inside the ceramic tiles we also find, located inside the houses and palaces. In Mexico we can find jewelry making, painting and sculpture, as well as ceramics, mainly in the very traditional talavera, which comes from Andalusian Arabic culture, is probably also arrived in Morocco many years ago. In terms of painting, highlighting the murals of Bonampak pre-Hispanic cities, Teotihuacan and Monte Alban, and in contemporary painting we see the great murals of David Alfaro Siqueiros and Diego Rivera. As already mentioned that the Spanish influence was the similarity in the two countries in the field of painting, we can not find clear similarities, but if we see them in carpet weaving, pottery (or talavera) and jewelry.
Moroccan mosaic
Kitchen in the Santa Rosa convent, Puebla, Mexico
In Morocco exist the famous Kilims, wich are rugs with big decorations, all unique designs; this are used as quilts, and for furniture. Something a bit like there is in Mexico with so-called Sarapes, which at first occupied as a garment to cover the person from the cold, but over time has been changing and now has endless uses.
Sarape
Kilim
Music.- Music .- traditional Moroccan music is called Chabbi, when people come out to dance they do in groups, this means that only women dance with women and men with men, this is completely different in Mexico because in this country men and women dance together.Traditional Mexican music is called Mariachi; the mariachi band is usually formed by a number between 7 to 12 members but there is no limit to the maximum. The essential instruments are the vihuela, guitarrón, guitarra de golpe, guitar, violins and trumpets, but sometimes are added flute and harp, and abroad including the accodion.
Architecture.- Mexican architecture is characterized as baroque, but few know where it comes from the baroque which is in Mexico, this comes from the baroque architecture of Andalusia (Spain), and although in this field Morocco and Mexico do not have great matches, we can see in both countries some Andalusian Baroque style buildings. Because as has been said these countries were, at one time, Spanish colonies. This difference is because of the geography of where these countries are situated, and therefore have to adapt to the environment, Morocco is desert and in Mexico we can find a diverse climate.
martes, 28 de septiembre de 2010
Social Interaction - How do people have fun?
In this entry we will talk about the difference of the most common (but not only) ways of daily distractions people have in our beloved countries Mexico and Morocco.
**Before reading** The entry is not assuming ALL Mexican and Moroccans have fun this way!
Mexico is well known worldwide for being a high rated alcoholism country. It sounds bad but its true, most generally, Mexican people love to party and drink alcohol. Very often young Mexican people use their weekend to go to clubs or "cantinas" (bars) where they drink big quantities of alcohol, dance, sing or do other crazy stuff to celebrate the work (school) week is over again. And at a university level (specially if you live away from your parents) you could do this even 2, 3 or more times per week.
In contrast, Moroccan people are not supposed to drink alcohol because of their religion, and even if they want to, it is really hard to get "fun drinks" in that country (In compare of Mexico, for example). In Morocco they drink tea even more than we drink coffee in Mexico, they do it for breakfast, they do it after meals, they even do it in the night when they go out! (And it is pretty cheap also).
According to the United Nations, Morocco is the second country in the world in the meaning of hachis production (The first one is Afghanistan), so that, hachis is the most popular drug in Morocco, and it is smoked very freely we could say; you can be walking down the street and watch people smoke it as if it was just a regular cigarette. In some places, you can take a random taxi (preferably one with a not very old driver), tell them your neighborhood's dealer's name, and they will know exactly where to go, they will take you and wait for you until you have your "bussiness done" and then take you to your next stop.
Tea shops are the most common point of reunion for Moroccans to hang out, they go there and talk, order tea, and usually smoke one, two, three......whatever number of hachis's joints.
Is good to mention that hachis is not a legal drug in Morocco, but as in Mexico, law is very easy to defeat when you have certain amount of money to give to the policemen. We suck when it comes to corruption, but that is a topic we don't want to focus in this entry.
**If you are not familiar with hachis, check out this link that might help you understand what hachis is:
http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Hachis
Concluding, Mexicans and Moroccans have peculiar forms to have fun, but of course they are not all alcoholics and drug-addicts, you can have fun with the "help" of those substances and not abuse of them and still enjoy it; or you can just hang out with people that does that and not do it. Each one is responsible for what they do and the ways they decide to spend their free time. ¿Are you Mexican or Moroccan? ¿Do you think this is false? We would like to hear your opinion.
**Before reading** The entry is not assuming ALL Mexican and Moroccans have fun this way!
Mexico is well known worldwide for being a high rated alcoholism country. It sounds bad but its true, most generally, Mexican people love to party and drink alcohol. Very often young Mexican people use their weekend to go to clubs or "cantinas" (bars) where they drink big quantities of alcohol, dance, sing or do other crazy stuff to celebrate the work (school) week is over again. And at a university level (specially if you live away from your parents) you could do this even 2, 3 or more times per week.
In contrast, Moroccan people are not supposed to drink alcohol because of their religion, and even if they want to, it is really hard to get "fun drinks" in that country (In compare of Mexico, for example). In Morocco they drink tea even more than we drink coffee in Mexico, they do it for breakfast, they do it after meals, they even do it in the night when they go out! (And it is pretty cheap also).
According to the United Nations, Morocco is the second country in the world in the meaning of hachis production (The first one is Afghanistan), so that, hachis is the most popular drug in Morocco, and it is smoked very freely we could say; you can be walking down the street and watch people smoke it as if it was just a regular cigarette. In some places, you can take a random taxi (preferably one with a not very old driver), tell them your neighborhood's dealer's name, and they will know exactly where to go, they will take you and wait for you until you have your "bussiness done" and then take you to your next stop.
Tea shops are the most common point of reunion for Moroccans to hang out, they go there and talk, order tea, and usually smoke one, two, three......whatever number of hachis's joints.
Is good to mention that hachis is not a legal drug in Morocco, but as in Mexico, law is very easy to defeat when you have certain amount of money to give to the policemen. We suck when it comes to corruption, but that is a topic we don't want to focus in this entry.
**If you are not familiar with hachis, check out this link that might help you understand what hachis is:
http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Hachis
Concluding, Mexicans and Moroccans have peculiar forms to have fun, but of course they are not all alcoholics and drug-addicts, you can have fun with the "help" of those substances and not abuse of them and still enjoy it; or you can just hang out with people that does that and not do it. Each one is responsible for what they do and the ways they decide to spend their free time. ¿Are you Mexican or Moroccan? ¿Do you think this is false? We would like to hear your opinion.
King Roi Hassan II
King Roi Hassan III, was last king of Morocco, before of his son King Mohammed VI. He Became King on March 3th in 1961.
King Hassan survived two attempts to kill him. The first happend in 1971, and was organized by General Madbouh and Colonel Ababou. The second one, happend on August 16 of 1972. This attemped was amazing because it happende in the sky while the king was comming back from a trip to France. Some F-15 jets from his own country, fired upon the King's plane, but luckly they failed to bring it down.
A good thing that happend while he was King, was the recover of Ifni that was controlled by the Spanish Government.
King Hassan died of natural causes when he was 70 years old, in his birthtown on 23 July 1999. There was a funeral in the whole country of Morocco. Many of the Presidents from the whole world attended to his funeral. He was buried at a local cementery in Rabat.
Here is the whole Dinasty of the King Hassan, comming all the way from Mohammed the prophet:
- Muhammad, Prophet of Islam (died 632)
- Fatimah
- Hasan ibn Ali (died 670)
- Hasan II
- Abdullah al-Kamal
- Muhammad al-Mahdi
- Hasan
- Muhammad
- Abdullah
- Qasim
- Ismail
- Ahmad
- Hasan
- Ali
- Abubakr
- Hasan
- Abu Muhammad Arafa
- Abdullah
- Hasan
- Muhammad
- Belqasim
- Muhammad
- Qasim
- Al Hassan Addakhil (came to the Tafilalt region in Morocco in 1266)[9]
- Muhammad
- Hasan
- Ali ash-Sharif
- Yusuf
- Ali
- Muhammad
- Ali
- Muhammad I ash-Sharif, King of Tafilalt (died 1659)
- Moulay Ismail, Sultan of Morocco (died 1727)
- Moulay Abdullah, Sultan of Morocco (died 1757)
- Sidi Muhammad III, Sultan of Morocco (died 1790)
- Moulay Hisham, Sultan of Morocco (died 1796)
- Moulay Abd ar-Rahman, Sultan of Morocco (died 1859)
- Moulay Muhammad IV, Sultan of Morocco (died 1873)
- Moulay al-Hasan I, Sultan of Morocco (died 1894)
- Moulay Yusuf, Sultan of Morocco (died 1927)
- Mohammed V, King of Morocco (died 1961)
- Hassan II, King of Morocco (died 1999)
- Mohammed VI, King of Morocco (born 1963)
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