Gift of Gedalia Segal, Yaffa Eliach Collection donated by the Center for Holocaust Studies

Id no. 5131.89, Photograph

circa 1982, Palestine, Jerusalem, Africa, Morocco

Created by:  Gedalia Segal

Subject(s):  Passover, Ritual

Maimouna is an ethnic festival of Moroccan Jews which is celebrated on the day after the seventh day of Passover in Israel. It is celebrated outdoors, usually in a park. Families have picnics and cook-outs; some people dress in Moroccan costumes; Moroccan foods are featured.