Travel Photographs by Rosemary Sheel

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Moorish boys wait in Taodenni while the caravan takes on salt.Women greet each other in a Moroccan home.Rissani street scene. Except for the plastic sandals, the scene is timeless.A Berber man in the style of DelacroixSuspicious Berber boy. In a tent in the Guir desert.Baking bread is a daily chore for women whether they live in a house or a tent.Troglodyte Berbers in Dades Gorge. The woman who was about 20 years old had a loom in the cave and wove carpets in her 'free' time.Moroccans love music. Everyone learns to drum. Here a woman uses a pan as a drum.Entering a tent in the desert east of Erfoud, Morocco. Shoes are removed before entering just as they are when entering a house.A Haratine woman. These people were brought to Morocco as slaves from black Africa."Look what I have!" A nomad girl shows me the family mobile phone. They kept it on a pile of rocks outside the tent so they could get a signal.This woman had green eyes and red hair. She cooked some spaghetti for me. Moroccans are extremely hospitable, offering food and drink to anyone who enters their home.Nomad families cross the High Atlas in spring. Even toddlers are afoot trekking beside the adults.Touching the head of an older woman is a sign of respect.A Haratine woman and her daughter.Portrait of a Haratine woman.The tent of settled nomads. They no longer moved due to illness of the head of the family.Putting the kettle on for tea. Nomad women are constantly working, fetching water, cooking, cleaning, taking care of the children and the animals.
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Touching the head of an older woman is a sign of respect.



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