Moroc 3

The Berbers are the native people of the Atlas Mountains. The word Berber shares roots with the word for barbarians in Arabic. The Arabs brought their language and the Muslim religion to the pagan Berbers. In the cities of Casablanca and Marrakesh, we could count on the French language to communicate with the locals as Morocco was a French colony in the past. In the remote Berber villages, however, it was rare that the locals had enough formal Arabic schooling to learn French.

So after the hike our relaxing tea in the Gite quickly turned to the international language of drumming and music. It was truly a spontaneous bonding 2 hour jam.