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28 Jun 2013
3 min read
Fès is already tasting the flavours of Ramadan!
It is neither for tomorrow nor for the beginning of next week. Yet, Fès has already plunged back into the convivial and festive atmosphere of the holy month of Ramadan.
The whole city is resuming its old habits, putting on its traditional and spiritual clothes. At R'cif or even at Bab Sensla, make way for the entertainment of the big days! The spectacle reminds one of the effervescence of the early hours that precede the breaking of the fast. Everyone is jostling to buy chebakia or stock up on briouate, khliâ, and spices. Scents are released from every corner and the merchants are rubbing their hands. Here, everyone has changed jobs to improvise as a "master pastry chef". In addition to local demand, a good part of the production is sent to Casablanca. Where a large community of Fassis resides, who remain very attached to the products of the "terroir". By the admission of several merchants, Ramadan sales represent more than half of the year's turnover. Enough to whet the appetite of all the greedy! If Ramadan has always been synonymous with spiritualit…
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