This past weekend, I was able to travel to Morocco with other students in my class. It was an incredible experience, and a huge culture shock for me personally. I am very glad I got to experience Morocco, but I am also very happy to be back in Spain! In Morocco, it is considered very offensive to just take pictures of people without their consent, but I am able to show the traditional Moroccan dress with pictures from my tour guide and a mural in Chefchaouen. Above, there is a picture of Me, Sam, and Barrett all wearing out "camel" pants that we bought from a street vendor. The real name for these are "harem" pants, and they are worn by many men in Morocco. Older men tended to wear them more than the younger men. The younger men and boys all seemed to wear jeans and a dark t-shirt. Some of the very young Moroccan boys wore shorts, but in general everyone wore pants. We didn't go to the beach, but when we passed it on the highway the boys at the beach did wear bathing suits.

This is a picture of our tour guide. He wore a Thobe, which is a traditional Islamic male robe, and a turban. Many of the older men wore this clothing in Morocco, especially when they were going to pray.

This is a mural that is one of the main entrances to the city "Chefchaouen". Chefchaouen isn't huge, but it is a very famous city because all of the walls are a blue color and the city has a lot of history. Many Spaniards like to live here because the scenery is beautiful with the mountains. In the picture, it shows the traditional dress for women in Chefchaouen, which is how almost all women were dressed there. They wore long cloaks, called jilbabs, and headdress called hijabs. They were dressed modestly, but their faces were not covered. The children wore pants or shorts with t-shirts, and did not wear hijabs.




For Spain, their clothing is much different than Morocco's, but is very similar to the United States "East Coast".

For kids, especially male children, it is very common to wear a uniform of a Spanish soccer player, or a player on a Spanish club team. The most common players I have seen are Messi, Ronaldo, Casillas, and Pique. This type of clothing may not be formal, but it is very common and encouraged in Spain.

In Spain, this is the typical dress for a young man. Jeans or khakis, boat shoes, and a dress shirt or a polo. Here, the brands Lacoste and Polo are very popular, which is very similar to the East Coast in the United States. From what we learned, this is very typical in Andalucia, but not as typical in the North of Spain. Older men still wear polos and nice clothes.

This is not typical for Spanish women all year, but because Corpus Christi was last weekend many girls wore these types of dresses, even children. Normally, girls dress in "nice clothes", and do not wear sweats or hoodies. I really enjoy when I am walking around at night because I love to see groups of Abuelas, who are all dressed very nicely, walking around. It is not very common to see that in the United States and they are all very cute!



When Spaniards are in the streets, they dress to impress, but in the house they are more casual. This is somewhat typical in the US, but there are more people in sweats and "relaxing clothes" in the US than there are in Spain. I enjoy this, because I love to wear "fratty" clothes, possibly because I am from New York. In Spain, I have not had much interactions with kids. My host senora's granddaughter was sick one day and stayed with her, but she would not talk to me because she was three and scared. Other than that, I have not interacted with children.