Morocco
What Really Happen…
What really happens inside a Moroccan hammam? In Morocco when you walk among the Roman ruins of Volubilis, the stones still remember the heat of the old Roman public and private baths. Romans carried their love for water, for cleansing and communal ritual, wherever their empire reached. Meaning even into the dust of North Africa. Centuries later, soon after the Arabs brought Islam, they brought the Arabic ritual of hammam with them. In a desert world where stubborn dust clings to skin, the act of washing became more than hygiene and socializing. It became spiritual, the cleansing of Body and…Continue reading
