����The story of Mohamed
Old Mohamed Inn wearing a beige Djellaba, face and stood in the doorway, smiling at me. I booked a floor of two rooms, two door facing the street of a stained glass window, one can see the sunset view, Xinghai terrace, hung with antique hand telephone, with yellow thick wool blanket.
Full of Islamic style of paintingAt breakfast, the inn old phonograph playing TheDoors and Metallica, the plate is the real Scherf Schavan earlier -- latte, fresh orange juice and olive butter muffin. Mohamed sat on a little far away from my place, looking serenely outside the comings and goings of passers-by. I have to stay for a few days, the old man has been refined and courteous, unlike Morocco man so much, I secretly gave him spelled a life like this: a had extraordinary experience gentleman, returned to Morocco after the exile travel through all the kingdoms, in this beautiful small town opened a small inn, calm.
Mohamed suggested that I try the mountainside in a "Hamam" (the public bath), said only that the water is taken from the Rif peak melting snow. Hamam is derived from the medieval period.RomeThe imperial way of bathing, sauna and similar, just pay more attention to bath process, rather than completely using steam.
Do need to "purification" weeks ago in Islam, the net need to thoroughly clean the body of believers, this is the first use of Hamam. Therefore, the most authentic Hamam is and the mosque together.
This Hamam is mainly for the local people, only one large room, male and female guests have to use different time. Guests at the entrance of stripped down to his underwear, then put the clothes and belongings together with counter. I'm carrying the keg front and went into the bathroom, inside the steam, a robust local woman looked at me curiously, I gave them a grin. One more big aunt, wrapped in scarves, wearing underpants stepped in, pull me to sit down on a small stool, first wash my hair, then began to give me. Dark brown oil soap her pure plant system applied in my body, use the brush repeatedly to scrape away, carrying a bucket of water over my head straight pouring down, which also use French asked me if I was comfortable, see I kept nodding, she was satisfied to laugh.
Leave the day before Scherf Schavan, Mohamed and I were sitting in the balcony to see the sunset. Downstairs the trail through a funeral procession, the six or seven men carried the coffin, two in the Burka (traditional Muslim women's clothing) woman walked silently beside, go at the end of the deceased's family and friends, no one cried grief, all people are quietly humming a funeral march. Mohamed suddenly sigh, some feel shy smile, said: "do not know that I went to see him, there is no one I funeral?" Looked at my puzzled look, the old man told his story. Originally, he just the inn keeper, and not the owner, a monthly salary of 800 dirhams (about 586 yuan), eat to provide for oneself; he had smuggled intoCanada6 years, later to be repatriated, no money, can not afford to build the house, so that no woman is willing to marry him...... And before I put together for his "poetic life" is a far cry from the.
"Koran" said: "you can take you adore women, each had two wives, three wives, four of his wife, if you afraid not fairly treated them, so you can marry a wife". The marriage is called "tile straight bu" (Wajib, intended for the obligations, of course) and "Sunna" (Sunnah, intended for the code of conduct), that is to say the marriage is a behoove thing, so in the Muslims, or not married extremely rare. Morocco Cinderella Lara Salma (Lalla Salma) in 2002 to marry the king Mohamed VI (Mohammed VI, Morocco's former king Hassan II's eldest son, 1979 was established as a crown prince, ascended the throne in July 1999, become the Alaouite Dynasty of twenty-second kings), determined to reform the king announced that abolished polygamy system in Morocco. But for Valencia inn name the king of old people, even if it's just to find a wife to die, is an elusive dream.
����"Morocco whisky"
Food in MoroccoAfricaIs a faction, the main course for most of the stew, and boiled, fried, fried rare, the overall feeling more relaxed, the most classic is Couscous and Tajine. Authentic Couscous cumbersome process: chicken sauce steamed "millet" (actually the coarse grain of wheat flour) mixed with old cream, again steamed into the pot for a few minutes, repeated three times, and then all kinds of vegetables, meat and soup poured on the surface. Table Couscous is golden yellow, very small particles, entrance sweet foam, imperceptibly eat half a bowl. Tajine, not a dish, but this is used for holding earthenware utensils of various stews name -- shallow circular chassis above, covered with a pointy hat DOI, looks cute, lovable.
The pie is Morocco's staple food. In chefchaouen, most people do not have cake stove, are the first dough at home, and then sent to a nearby pastry, queuing scones carpenter put the dough into the furnace, then baked cake home. There is a small workshop at the foot of the mountain, there is a "big brother", in addition to pray every day 5 times, other time have been buried in the cake. Before the dough into the oven, "big brother" will draw the mouth toothpick, poke many ommatidia in dough, its significance lies in the dough expansion is too large, ensure the baked cake shape.
In a narrow alley entrance, hiding is said to be Scherf Schavan's most authentic Restaurant - Restaurant Chefchaouen, where Tajine is authentic. This small museum is different from Medina square that fool visitors restaurant (expensive and no meat can be traced), patronized mostly local people, affordable, amount of food is enough, with Tajine edible cake, from the mouth of the "big brother" toothpick hands. "A pot of 'Morocco.'." Hear the customer said, strictly follow the teachings of Muslim prohibition boss was not angry, but will smile to end the last silver Berrad pot, the long curved spout also braved the heat of fishes. This pot filled with Morocco is the national drink -- mint tea, also known as MoroccanWhiskey (Morocco whisky). The mint tea with boiling water first to wash away the surface of the tea taste and mixed with dust, and then the tea shop into Berrad the bottom of the pot, fresh mint leaves and then into the clean and dry, the pressure on a large amount of sugar, placed in the furnace heating for several minutes before drinking. At this time, the Chinese green tea and spicy mint fragrance is fully integrated, light sip, taste is unique to Morocco.
On one page12The next page |
No comments:
Post a Comment