Zayanes

Zayanes (Berber languages: Azayi (singular), Izayen (plural); Arabic: زيان, romanized: Zayāni) are a Berber population inhabiting the Khenifra region, located in the central Middle Atlas mountains of Morocco.

Zayanes tribes are known for their attachment to ancestral land and for their tenacity as warriors, especially during the colonization, led by Mouha ou Hammou Zayani.

The tribes of Zayanes live in the Middle Atlas mountain range in the area of Khénifra.

The Zayanes belong to a large tribe that twice a year wanders toward Azaghar [fr], where the climate is milder in contrast to Adrar where the winter is very severe.

The latter is a dish of tripe, usually consisting of ganglion, caul, lung or heart of an animal wound with intestines on a stick of oak and cooked on hot coals.