Below is a initial cut of a photo story I worked on during a week in December, 2008, of what Berber life looks like in Morocco, just 18 miles west from the Algerian border. Despite a growing tourism industry, the nomadic natives strive to hold onto their cultural heritage by living lifestyles reminiscent of centuries past. It is a story of one family, comprised of three generations. The grandparents live in their mud home year round, while their three sons, and daughter and their spouses travel back and forth through the tunes between this home and the home they have in the nearest town, Merzouga. Between the four siblings there were 14 children, ranging from the ages of 14 to 2 years old. The daily chores of the family, done by the women, consisted of cooking, baking bread, collecting firewood, washing dinners, cleaning the tent, and drawing water. The grandfather and his eldest grandsons were in charge of taking the goats and sheep out to graze every day, while the husbands would travel back and forth to Merzouga to conduct their camel touring business. More detailed captions will follow shortly.
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