Comments on: Like Burning Man, but with less drugs and more goats

Like Burning Man, but with less drugs and more goats

XQUZYPHYR — Fri, 12 Sep 2003 17:26:30 -0800

"She didn't seem to care for the hawker selling goats' heads. But she did stop when a young, well-dressed fellow ambled over to her and said: 'You have captured my liver.'" This and other stories from a very well-detailed article on the three-day dating festival of the Berbers of Morocco.

By: Eekacat

Eekacat — Fri, 12 Sep 2003 18:00:25 -0800

"We've come for your liver....." "But I'm still using it!" Interesting article, thanks for posting it

By: CrunchyFrog

CrunchyFrog — Fri, 12 Sep 2003 18:55:28 -0800

In Elizabethan England, they thought that the heart was the source of romantic love, and the liver the source of sexual desire: From "The Tempest," Act 4, Scene I PROSPERO. Look, thou be true; do not give dalliance Too much the rein: the strongest oaths are straw To th' fire i' the blood: be more abstemious, Or else good night your vow! FERDINAND. I warrant you, sir; The white-cold virgin snow upon my heart Abates the ardour of my liver.

By: alicesshoe

alicesshoe — Fri, 12 Sep 2003 21:06:55 -0800

"You've burnt my liver!" This overheard in a N/A version of the dating festival, commonly known as the bar. Nevermind three days. It's year round!

By: troutfishing

troutfishing — Sat, 13 Sep 2003 06:15:24 -0800

"....Men approached her, usually to say something about their livers. Nearby, men were test-driving mules and loading indignant, roaring camels into trucks.......The dating festival is increasingly turning into a commercial event. This year, the province's governor showed up in a motorcade. One vendor erected a 20-foot-high inflatable Coke bottle.......[it] took place the last three days in August, about 5,000 nomads set up camp in an area the size of three football fields. It turned into a loud, smelly bazaar. Camel and mule owners yelled. Raw meat hung on hooks, and barbecues threw off thick smoke..... Amazigh! - It sounds sort of like the Burning Man festival.

By: centrs

centrs — Sat, 13 Sep 2003 08:55:21 -0800

my husband and i went to morocco last summer and the people would always smile and hold up their wares and say, "it's berber!" to try and get a better price. even our food was "picked by berbers!" or "cooked by berbers!" i didn't realize before reading this article that the berber population in morocco was so large.