The charm of Chefchaouen lies not only in its calming blue hues, but also in thetraditional community life that conducts its life in the town’s streets. Women carrylarge trays of uncooked bread to the wood-fired community ovens for baking.Men dressed in thick, earth-toned djellabas congregate outside the mosqueat Plaza Uta el-Hammam. Boys play soccer in long alleyways. Girls sharehomemade cookies on cobblestone stairs. Stray cats wait patiently outside doorsfor scraps of food. Berber women dressed in red and white striped overskirtsand straw hats sell homegrown vegetables at the market. Hand-loom weaverscraft the region’s famous blankets and rugs. Merchants carefully arrange theirgoods on the walls outside their shops. Young families stroll through the Plaza atsunset. And so on. On the brilliant blue stage upon which this peaceful way of lifeThe charm of Chefchaouen lies not only in its calming blue hues, but also in thetraditional community life that conducts its life in the town’s streets. Women carrylarge trays of uncooked bread to the wood-fired community ovens for baking.Men dressed in thick, earth-toned djellabas congregate outside the mosqueat Plaza Uta el-Hammam. Boys play soccer in long alleyways. Girls sharehomemade cookies on cobblestone stairs. Stray cats wait patiently outside doorsfor scraps of food. Berber women dressed in red and white