Marrakech: Babouch Making Workshop in the Medina

Marrakech: Babouch Making Workshop in the Medina

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Why you just buy it when you have the opportunity to make it? Spend 3.5 hours learning leatherwork in the medina from a traditional Moroccan craftsman. Enjoy tea and a local snack and make your own babouch slippers to take home.

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Highlights

Learn how to make Moroccan babouch in a leather workshop
Discover Moroccan craftsmanship from a local expert
Take home your very own babouch

Description

Take part in an authentic leather workshop. Meet Youssef, craftsman leather worker who works in his studio in the medina. Learn all about the world of leather and how it is prepared to be worked on to make Moroccan leather products. You will spend time making your own slippers, the Moroccan babouch. The workshop is 3.5-hours long and you will learn how to work with different types of leather and make your own babouch. Take a tea break and enjoy a homemade Moroccan pastry. You will be given all the necessary tools and raw materials for your practical work and there is a guide on hand who will help with translation, ensure the good progress of the workshop and assist you in a general way. Photographs taken during the session will be emailed to you.