Transformation of Olive Related Customs and Olive-growing Farms in North Africa

North African region with a peculiar climate of arid and semiarid, has much common with Southern part of Europe and Middle Eastern regions both geographically and culturally. The varieties of the customs and belief on olive can be seen in this region which shows the importance of olive for their liv...

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Published inJournal of Arid Land Studies Vol. 25; no. 3; pp. 157 - 160
Main Authors KITAGAWA, Tamaki, KASHIWAGI, Kenichi, ISODA, Hiroko
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published The Japanese Association for Arid Land Studies 2015
Subjects
Modernization
North Africa
Olive
Tradition
Transformation
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Summary:North African region with a peculiar climate of arid and semiarid, has much common with Southern part of Europe and Middle Eastern regions both geographically and culturally. The varieties of the customs and belief on olive can be seen in this region which shows the importance of olive for their lives. Even though these traditional customs face the modernity, they survive in rural and have been transformed into the adequate mode with urban life. In this paper, the old and new customs and the contemporary theme of olive growing are examined.
ISSN:0917-6985
2189-1761
DOI:10.14976/jals.25.3_157