The Arabian Empire in North Africa
What religion was established by the Arabian Empire in North Africa?
Muslim Religion
1. Where do the guests at Moorish meal sit on?
2. What is the used of the white napkin that lay on their knees?
1. Cushion
2. This is used to clean the lips but never the finger.
4 courses of meal
In a Moorish Wedding, what is its beginning?
Procession
To win
What are the places predominated by the Arabians?
Morocco, Algeria, Spanish- Sahara, and Tunisia
2. How about the right hand, what is its used?
3. What do they use in holding their food?
1. The left hand is unclean.
2. it is used for getting food.
3. Thumb and the first 2 fingers of the right hand.
What is the first course and second course of the Moorish Banquet meal?
First course - pale green soup consisting of almonds and fish.
Second course - whole rost lam served intact and called mechour.
Before the wedding of Muslim, is there such a thing as courtship in their tradition? Yes or NO? Why?
No, there is no such thing because the marriage is arranged all by the fathers.
What is the meaning of this idiom, " it's raining cats and dogs."
Raining very heavily.
In North Africa, he is considered as influential and very wealthy.
In their, religion he is considered as the Pope.
The tablecloth is put off the floor for what reason?
To catch the crumbs.
How about the third and fourth course of the meal in a Moorish Banquet?
What is the name of the fourth course or the pie?
Third course - a roast lamb with a different sauce
Fourth course - a kind of pie with the miscellany of shrimps, sweet breads, tripe, olives, liver, clams, and a fried egg.
PASTILLA
Describe the Moorish ideal of beauty in women.
Plumpness, a very small nose, tiny nose and eyes as big as possible.
Islam is the name of the Religion of the Muslims, what does it mean?
Resignation to the will of God.
How is the beginning of the meal of Moorish?
What is the used of the beginning of the meal?
They bring a copper kettle or pitcher with a thin sprout.
The servant pours the water into a bowl over the hands of the guests and at the end of the meal the same procedure
What food is forbidden for Muslims?
How many is the maximum number of a Moslem to have a legal wives?
4 legal wives
Give at least two of the five practices in the religion of the Arabians
1. They recite a prayer
2. They pray five times a day
3. They give alms ten percent of their income to the poor.
4. They keep the holy month of Ramadan during which no food or water may be taken between dawn and sunset.
5. The make a pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in a lifetime.
What do you call the feast for honorable muslims?
Moorish Banquet
What is the fate of the woman once she gets married?
is this a favorable way to go or not? Why do you think so?