الحلي الفضية الريفية الجزائرية بين الماهية و الرمزية : القبائل و الأوراس نموذجا

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Like any woman coquettish peasant and Saharan take care of her look by putting on makeup, dressing elegantly, she thinks to embellish her body with silver jewelry.

This coquetry has economic reasons.

Indeed, gold jewelry is expensive.

The reasons are also mystical.

Yellow is the disease and all that is ominous, while the white of money represents purity, healing.

Jewelry is a treasure for this woman that no one has the right to grab.

These jewels have an economic purpose: in need, it is a lifeline.

She can sell them or leave them as security.

"These ornaments are light to wear but rich in value", according to a popular proverb "elhdaied lechdeide".

They also have a social role.

The bride defines her place in society.

For example, in Greater Kabylia, the woman who gives birth to a boy carries a fibula (abzyme) placed at the forehead.

The symbolism of jewelry refers to the form.

We chose the theme of rural jewelry and the desert between Algerian and symbolic and deepen the introduction of the silvery rural and desert area in Algeria from manufacturing methods and decoration techniques to what is hidden in their roles and their symbolic implications.

This object of double importance is a real heritage.