NTROPOGEOGRAFSKA ZAPAŽANJA IZ LIBIJE

Abstract

The libyan area represents the real antropogeographic polygon. There are saved the trails of the early native inhabitants. But, the later colonisations gave the main seal in the people's customs and behaviour. It is obvious relation between natural features and the lybian people – climat an men, soil and men. But, the islamic religion has the general influence on the society. The author is discussing the lybian house, wearing, the position of the woman and family in the lybian society. The tradicional arab house is in harmony with the landscape and the people's habits, firstly the islamic philosophy. But, it is subjested to the demands of available building materials. In the towns the oldest houses are mainly in Turkish style. In the villages the houses have often the walls with beaten earth. The national dresses are an adaptation to the climatic conditions, habits and mode of life of the people. The chief garment is the robe known as the barracan. The western fashions of dress are rapidly making their way among men and women, especially in the younger generations. The position of a woman is subdued to the islamic tradition and customs. The nature has assigned to her a natural role different from a man, appropriate to perform her female's funcion as the mother and the housekeeper. If a woman carries out man's work, she will be transformed into a man abandoning her natural role. The individual without a family has no value in social life. That individual is without roots. The woman is the key stone of the family which is the basis of the whole society.