According to syntheses based notably on Cynthia Becker, men wore a white wool cloak (asilham), a striped djellaba and a white muslin turban (tikarzit); beard and turban were the marks of the adult man.
Women wore a triangular headdress (tabugst), silver jewellery with triangular motifs, large amber beads and indigo-dyed veils specific to each sub-group, hence the nickname “blue women” given by the ethnographer Jean Besancenot. An amber necklace attributed to the Aït Atta is kept at the Musée Salies.
The Aït Atta speak a variety of Central Moroccan Tamazight. Hart notes the persistence, in the Igharm Amazdar qânûn, of Amazigh terms that had become archaic.
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⚠ Encyclopedic synthesis; the works of Becker and Besancenot were not consulted. Care must be taken not to generalise these descriptions to other Amazigh communities.
Sources — 3 sources cited · 3 independent documentary line(s)
- Wikipédia (français) — « Aït Atta » — sections Vêtements, LangueFull text consulted · Encyclopedic synthesis
- Becker, 2006Known through indirect citations · Academic research