Videos tagged with "strange"
Chefchaouen -- The Blue City of Morocco [05:09]
One of Morocco's most popular tourist destinations, Chefchaouen is most known for its blue-rinsed buildings and alleys, an old tradition leftover from the city's Jewish population. Chefchaouen was founded by Moorish exiles from Spain, in 1471, as a small fortress to fend off the attacks of invading Portuguese forcess in northern Morocco. After the Spanish Reconquista, the small mountain town became one of the largest Moriscos and Jews refuge sites, and during their stay they managed to leave their mark on it, one that makes the modern city so special. The name Chefchaouen comes from "chauen", which is Spanish for horns, and refers to the shape of the two mountains overlooking the settlement. But it's not its strange name, the beautiful and unique handicrafts sold by local craftsman, or the delicious goat cheese that attracts the majority of tourists to Chefchaouen. It's the blue-painted houses and buildings of the city, a tradition inherited from the former Jewish inhabitants. In the Bible, Israelites are commanded to dye one of the threads in their tallit (prayer shawl) blue, with tekhelel. This was an old natural dye, processed from a species of shellfish, but in time its production collapsed and the Jewish people eventually forgot how to make it. But, in honor of the sacred commandment, the color blue was still woven into the cloth of their tallit. When they look at the dye, they will think of the blue sky, and the God above them in Heaven. While the Jewish population ...
roads from morocco S01E05 TARGUIST BENI HADIFA WITH STRAGE MAN IN WHITE!! [04:35]
roads from morocco S01E05 TARGUIST BENI HADIFA... strange man in white in s 31....didn't saw him when I was filming
Tags: roads, from, morocco, TARGUIST, BENI, HADIFA
Some crazy yelling at night in the mountain [01:52]
At dawn, and because of cold and fear in the early morning in the mountains of Akchour, Morocco, our friends starts yelling for heating up and gaining some little warm.
Tags: Night, Crazy, yelling, morocco, chaoun, chefchaouen, xauen, akchour, Insane, Funny, Scary, Psycho, Scream, Scared, Weird, Creepy, Screaming, Strange, rif, أقشور, شفشاون, الشاون
JEMAA EL FNA (Marrakesh, Morocco) in the evening [04:29]
An evening on the one of the strangest and busiest squares in Africa. Wieczór na największym placu w Marrakeszu, Maroko, i jednym z najruchliwszych w Afryce.
Tags: Jemaa, el, Fna, in, the, evening, Djemaa, Fnaa, Marrakesh, Marrakech, Morocco, Maroc, Dżamaa, al-Fina, Marrakesz, Maroko, UNESCO, World, Heritage, Site, Tadeusz, Słabczyński, Globograf, Warszawa
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