The Gomara Tribe

The Ghomara are a group of tribes in northern Morocco, living between the rivers Oued Laou and Ouringa, east of Chefchaouen and south of Tetouan, in the Western Rif. The river Tiguisas runs through their territory.
Originally, Ghomaras was a Berber tribal group belonging to the Masmuda confederacy. While most have shifted to speaking Arabic, a minority continue to speak the Berber Ghomara language.

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They are from the second largest andsecond most populous continent seven point sixteen trillion
dollars in measurable wealth, one billionpeople, over three thousand tribes, fifty
four sovereign states, one people.This is dear story. These are the

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tribes of Africa. The Gomara tribe, the Gumara, a group of tribes

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northern Moroko, even between the riversof Unlah and Urlinga, east of Chaouchang
and south of Tetuan on the westernRiver. The Riva Tigusasaurants through their territory.
Originally Gumaras where Biba driver group belongingto the mass Muda Kafedre Sea.
While most have shifted to speak inArabic, the minority continued to speak the

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Biba Kumara language. Arab Muslims conqueredthe Biba on land between six hundred and
seventy and seven hundred eighty. However, the influence was limited and the Gumaras
and other Biber tribes have managed tosustain and preserve their own language, culture,
customs, and social organization. Thereare three main subgroups of Bivers in

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Moroko, each cant hang in severalsmaller tribes. The Kumara is one of
the smallest tribes due to the locationof the riff. The Kumara Bebers are
farmers. They produce and consume largeamounts of bailey, carn, millet,
wheep, and rye. In areaswhere water is plentiful, vegetables such as

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tomatoes, onions, squash, peppers, and potatoes are grown. They raise
chickens, goats and sheep. Theirsupplemento of food sauce provides milk, eggs,
butter and meat. The men walkin the fields, have animals and
hunt, while the women to thehouse walking care for the children. The
women only help the men the fieldsjoin half as time when they take the

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newly caught grain to the tradihy flour. Bebber dress is verily similar to that
of the Arabian communitee. The menwear the tradition or the Jellaba cloak,
which is made of cotton with whitesleeves and the hood. They also wear
cotton tobrands or caps. For theBebber life revolves around the important ceremonies such
as bats, marriage, and death. Many rights of passage are important parts

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of their culture as well, suchas the first haircut and sircumcision for boys.
The most elaborative all is a marriedceremony. The Komara like other beavers,
leaving a society that this mill dominatedthe line of disindustrys through the farthest
and all inheritance are passed down throughthe mills. Also as a means of
preserving themselves as a people, theGomara not permitted to marry outside of their

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own group. Although they accepted Islamas a new religion, the Bible also
maintained their pre Islamic cultural and ritualtraditions. The acceptance of Islam and the
adoption of Arabic ways never completely raisedBiver culture. Although they are nominally Sunni
Muslims, most Komara have little knowledgeof the practices of the Quran and other

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dimensions of Orthodox Islam. I meetyou b