Sheep shearing
at Amazigh KM 0
[/text_box] [/ux_banner] [divider align=”center” height=”0px” margin=”10px” color=”rgb(240, 199, 115)”] [row style=”collapse” width=”full-width”] [col span=”4″ span__sm=”12″] [ux_banner height=”440px” height__sm=”174px” bg_color=”rgb(240, 199, 115)”] [text_box width=”92″ position_x=”50″ position_y=”50″] [gap height=”15px”]Amazigh Km 0, the origin of our Amazigh tribe in Morocco, is 36km from Khemisset on the road to Meknes. When arriving at Sfassif we take an 8km track through the countryside.
[/text_box] [/ux_banner] [/col] [col span=”8″ span__sm=”12″ divider=”0″] [ux_banner height=”440px” height__sm=”56.25%” bg_color=”rgb(240, 199, 115)”] [ux_image id=”4323″ position_x=”50″ position_y=”50″] [/ux_banner] [/col] [/row] [divider align=”center” height=”0px” margin=”10px” color=”rgb(240, 199, 115)”] [ux_banner_grid height=”484″ height__sm=”478″] [col_grid span=”6″ height=”1-2″] [ux_image id=”4326″ height=”56.25%”] [/col_grid] [col_grid span=”6″ height=”1-2″] [ux_image id=”4327″] [/col_grid] [/ux_banner_grid] [divider align=”center” height=”0px” margin=”10px” color=”rgb(240, 199, 115)”] [row style=”collapse” width=”full-width”] [col span=”8″ span__sm=”12″ divider=”0″] [ux_banner height=”440px” height__sm=”56.25%” bg_color=”rgb(240, 199, 115)”] [ux_image id=”4329″ position_x=”50″ position_y=”50″] [/ux_banner] [/col] [col span=”4″ span__sm=”12″] [ux_banner height=”440px” height__sm=”56.25%” bg_color=”rgb(240, 199, 115)”] [text_box width=”85″ position_x=”50″ position_y=”50″] [gap height=”15px”]It’s the end of Ramadan holiday weekend: Eid al Fitr and we visit the family.
[/text_box] [/ux_banner] [/col] [/row] [divider align=”center” height=”0px” margin=”10px” color=”rgb(240, 199, 115)”] [row style=”collapse” width=”full-width”] [col span=”4″ span__sm=”12″] [ux_banner height=”440px” height__sm=”56.25%” bg_color=”rgb(240, 199, 115)”] [text_box width=”91″ position_x=”50″ position_y=”50″] [gap height=”15px”]We are lucky that they are going to shear the sheep, an opportunity for us to tell you about the first step of the rug manufacturing process: obtaining the wool.
[/text_box] [/ux_banner] [/col] [col span=”8″ span__sm=”12″ divider=”0″] [ux_banner height=”440px” height__sm=”56.25%” bg_color=”rgb(240, 199, 115)”] [ux_image id=”4340″ position_x=”50″ position_y=”50″] [/ux_banner] [/col] [/row] [divider align=”center” height=”0px” margin=”10px” color=”rgb(240, 199, 115)”] [row style=”collapse” width=”full-width”] [col span=”8″ span__sm=”12″ divider=”0″] [ux_banner height=”440px” height__sm=”56.25%” bg_color=”rgb(240, 199, 115)”] [ux_image id=”4356″ position_x=”50″ position_y=”50″] [/ux_banner] [/col] [col span=”4″ span__sm=”12″] [ux_banner height=”440px” height__sm=”56.25%” bg_color=”rgb(240, 199, 115)”] [text_box width=”91″ position_x=”50″ position_y=”50″] [gap height=”15px”]Summer comes and because of the heat it is time to remove the sheep’s wool.
[/text_box] [/ux_banner] [/col] [/row] [divider align=”center” height=”0px” margin=”10px” color=”rgb(240, 199, 115)”] [row style=”collapse” width=”full-width”] [col span=”4″ span__sm=”12″] [ux_banner height=”440px” height__sm=”56.25%” bg_color=”rgb(240, 199, 115)”] [text_box width=”91″ position_x=”50″ position_y=”50″] [gap height=”15px”]The shearers start working at 7am in the morning. The sheep are waiting in the pen to be taken to the shearer with their legs tied.
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[/text_box] [/ux_banner] [/col] [/row] [divider align=”center” height=”0px” margin=”10px” color=”rgb(240, 199, 115)”] [row style=”collapse” width=”full-width”] [col span=”4″ span__sm=”12″] [ux_banner height=”440px” height__sm=”56.25%” bg_color=”rgb(240, 199, 115)”] [text_box width=”90″ position_x=”50″ position_y=”50″] [gap height=”15px”]The wool is collected and it is stacked in a pile. Then it will be prepared to start weaving rugs. But that is a story for another post.
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Flocks of sheared sheep, ready to face the rigors of the Moroccan summer.
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