If you are looking for a way to add a trendy Moroccan piece to your abode look no further than the Moroccan Wedding Blanket. It had a starring role in Sex and the City II when the girls went traipsing through the desert and stopped for afternoon snacks they used the textile as their picnic blanket. Lord knows this group knows how to start a trend; giant flower pins, Fendi baguettes, nameplate necklaces, the list could go on and on and on.
Anyway...Word on the street is that the wedding blanket can enhance the baby making powers and they protect the owner from the "evil eye."
The contrast of the sparkly sequins and the wool weaving presents a unexpected partnership.
Moroccan Wedding Blankets are an ancient Berber tradition that remains a part of the culture for traditional tribes in the Atlas Mountains. Weeks before a wedding ceremony, a very special blanket is woven for the bride, often by a female member of her own family. Lamb’s wool is hand spun and hand-loomed, infusing the blanket with baraka (blessings from God). Looms are treated as living things in Berber culture and command a unique reverence. Therefore, it’s believed that the tremendous prayer and care taken during the weaving process instills in the blanket a sort of talismanic power, to bring good fortune to the marriage, fertility to the bride and to avert the evil eye. The loomed blanket is then embellished with thousands of flat sequin “mirrors” that are meticulously sewn by hand, one by one, in a process that may take weeks to complete. Upon completion of the blanket, the nuptials are performed and the bride is draped in her blanket as she travels to her husband’s home. The blanket serves as a cape of sorts that is secured around the neck with often-elaborate ties.
beautiful and so inspiring blog!
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