hey guys I just reached Fez Morocco this is the Medina we're gonna go in it's a
labyrinth 80,000 people live in there there's over 9000 streets it's really
easy to get lost but we have a guide and it's also a Medina that has the
strongest Spanish influence not Berber Spanish so you'll see it in the
architecture let's go. This is a Muslim cemetery in Fes.
Muslims when the want to bury they got to bury the right side so that to have
the face to the direction of Mecca both of the tunes the head and the face to
direction of you know makeup which is gonna ask a blessing for the body. The dead body. Eighty
thousand people's mark of more than two-thirds are skillful you know
artisans specialize in different you know different specialties we're talking
about the carpenters for the woodwork talking about the blacksmith's,
talking about the grass sleep we're talking about weavers so all the
different arts are inside the medina of Fes. There are 220 mosques
We are talking about the doors of Fes made from cedar from Lebanon.
now time to go in the medina of fez
there's no lights in here. Go on a diet before you come to Morocco.
In the medina. This isn't cake, it's cheese.
there are no prices on anything so it's all bargaining.
this is camel meat
he's preparing olives. Soft almost like a silk but we use it for all the
embroideries of our djellabas and kaftans. A djellaba with a pointed hood
Kaftan - no hood. Women with more embroideries,
made from the agave thread. This right here is the river and the medina on the outside
the silver silver and gold. This right here's the king - they don't have a queen they just a king and princess.
These are wedding chairs tradition brought over to Morocco from the Jews
so much going on over here and they memorize the Quran so they can say it
without reading the word is cedarwood
Gate 1 has taken over
yeah
Going inside one of the houses.
Built from end of the 14th century it has been restored and repaired many
times the families in Fes give more importance to the interior of their
homes than to the exterior.That's why the outside never reals what is on the inside.
Every house in Fes has 5 essential elements
marble on the floor, mosaic on the wall, a fountain for drinking water
plaster and cedarwood. All the houses in the medina of Fes are open to the sky
That is the only window to the outside. Traditional buildings no windows to the streets.
This is to give a type of privacy to the family. And when the rain falls, it goes into the courtyard made with a slope.
All the carpets are handmade by by women in Morocco. Only women that made carpets, no men, just women. Because they have the patience.
This is what they make, this is the most simple one. Modern Berber capet
Designs like this represent the tattoos that you find on the Berber women's faces. These are the symbols of the tribes.
So these are the symbols of this size. The tradition of the house is to
invite everybody for a cup of mint tea.
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so crowded and loud outside so we didn't fight a relic they're recording us like
a thousand dollars I thought they meant local currency which is the Durham just
still too much but I decided to just walk away with some photos
Fes! Morocco!
Look at this cedar, all hand carved!
Mike what is that noise
call to prayer is 12 o'clock noon got a pretty five times a day
there's no need for a drone when you got rooftops
check out this view this is the medina in Fez fresh air baby
missing artwork don't get lost
gang's all here it's a soul foam party
anybody else get lamb we're going to the tannery now and they gave us mint
because of the smell but everything is organic all the dyes
bringing the butter inside and dying
smells like pigeons because they use the pigeon droppings in the process we're
out I see the light walking to Fez check out this archway behind me it's cool
there's a mosque right there we've seen it here all these kids
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