Here’s everything you need to know about the divorce parties, poetry and music that Mauritanian women take for granted and celebrate
In a unique twist from the norm, Mauritanian women are increasingly celebrating their divorce. The occasion is marked by parties and dinners held in their honor against a backdrop of steady tambourines and piercing ululating cries of high-pitched wavering vocal trills, representing joy common throughout North Africa and the Middle East.
Coming home to their joy at her return and freedom makes all the difference. Once she’s settled, the mood quickly shifts into a rich critique of her former husband’s flaws, with even the occasional insult at the one man who doesn’t know what he lost. In some parts of Mauritania, a bachelor has to organise her divorce party in what is called Tahrish. The reason? To make her husband jealous and take back his decision. In this episode of The Bachelor, the young man who organises her celebration makes a convincing show of loving her, and going out of his way to flirt, lavish praise over her character and beauty.
Divorced Mauritanian women evoke poetic eloquence, who sing with sympathy of her qualities in Classical Arabic. Explaining the origin story behind it all is Ahmed Ould Harud, an expert in Mauritanian heritage who spoke to TRT World. He says it all comes down to an old monolithic tribal system. Harud adds that the phenomenon quickly spread and developed over time, coming to signify a sort of declaration of the divorcee’s independence and availability, rooted in sympathy for her plight.In Mauritania, some women bear their previous marriages as a status symbol. Multiple marriages are seen as a reflection of her uniqueness, beauty and attractiveness.Speaking to TRT World, she said she's now divorced with no desire to remarry. She has children from multiple partners.
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