Doors in Morocco
So often in Morocco the exterior door is all you ever get to see of a building; the exterior walls mask the interior structure, which is securely hidden. Riads are designed with windows facing in towards a central salon, so there is no hope of peering-in or guessing what lies inside. Mosques and relilgious buildings are interdit, completely off-limits to me as entrance is forbidden to non-Muslims. Luckily, and consequently, doors in Morocco are beautiful.
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July 7th, 2008 at 5:44 pm
Hi I am a student studying interior architecture at Victoria university in New Zealand. I just received a short 2 week assignment on doors and thresholds. We were required to choose and research a culture with particular detail in customs, protocols, stories of welcome, refusal of entry etc…. I have chosen the Moroccan culture and came across this blog entry, it sounds fascinating is there anything else you could tell me? more details of where non Muslims are and are not allowed and how it is controlled? is there any significance of the beautifully adorned doors?
July 9th, 2008 at 7:17 am
Visit http://moroccandesign.com/door-knocker-tour-visiting-oudaya and http://moroccandesign.com/story-of-two for more information about the symbolism of Moroccan doors. Thanks for reading!