Chiadma

Chiadma carpet, 18th century.

Chiadma is an Arabic-speaking tribe of Berber descent located in Morocco, dwelling mainly at the Atlantic coast in the region between Safi and Essaouira. They mainly speak Moroccan Arabic. The language factor is the main difference to the neighbouring tribe further to the south, Haha.

The Chiadma celebrate every year a pilgrimage known as Regraga which lasts 40 days and includes also some Haha populations.

Demographics of Morocco

Religions	Islam Sunni Shia Christianity Orthodoxy Catholicism Protestantism Judaism

Ethnic groups	Arabized Berber Arab-Berber Arab Berber Jewish Roma (Gypsy)

Languages	Arabic Modern Standard Arabic Dialectal Hilalian Pre-Hilalian Maghrebi Arabic Berber Standard Moroccan Berber Atlas Zenatic

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