Moroccan Women Turn to Unusual Marriage Ritual in Quest for Husbands

In Safi, women wishing to get married practice a strange tradition on the occasion of the Lebhirate moussem. They throw their underwear on the main road in order to attract potential husbands. The next step? The men’s vehicles must run over the laundry that the women will have to wear afterwards. The popular belief says that this practice could attract potential good husbands in the near future.

In 2020, women represent more than half of the Moroccan population (50.3%). According to marital status, among women aged 15 and over, 28.1% are single, 57.8% are married, 10.8% are widowed and 3.3% are divorced, the HCP specified in its 2021 annual report on the status of women in Morocco entitled "The Moroccan Woman in Figures: 20 Years of Progress".