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Bejeweled tiaras, three days of feasts and a series of ornate, beautiful dresses.
Bejeweled tiaras, three days of feasts and a series
of ornate, beautiful dresses: the Moroccan royal wedding certainly was a grand
affair.
This past weekend, the African nation celebrated the wedding of King Mohammed’s brother, Prince Moulay Rachid, to
Lalla Oum Keltoum in Rabat.
The
prince, 44, and his 27-year-old fiancée began their three-day wedding festivities on November 13 with a henna
ceremony at the royal palace.
On Friday, the festivities continued
with a traditional Berza ceremony, where the bride and groom, Prince Moulay
Rachid and Lalla Oum Keltoum, were officially displayed and admired together before their guests.
Moroccan
royal watchers were excited to learn details about the bride-to-be when the
couple's engagement was announced in June, although her name had not been
released until now.
Marrakesh-born
Oum, whose background is in international trade, is the daughter of Moulay
Mamoun Boufares, who was the governor of Marrakech when King Mohammed VI
ascended the throne in July 1999.
For the Berza ceremony, the bride wore
a white wedding gown complete with a sparkling tiara and a white veil.