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MOROCCAN
HANDICRAFTS
The products
of Moroccan handicraft are one of the fundamental characteristics of the
Moroccan lifestyle. Over 40 corporations have been working wood, metal,
copper, wool, linen, stone and clay for centuries. Adapted to the needs
of modern life, our handicraft production relies on our traditions, offering
a large variety of products ranging from small works of art to the simplest
utilitarian objects. A wonderful scent and sense of life come out of it.
MOROCCAN
LEATHER-WORKING, Morocco has a thousand types of Moroccan leather-working,
all of which are of old tradition -in Fes and Marrakech a whole district
is reserved to tanners. Fes, Marrakech : wallets, desk sets, babouches,
leather poufs etc... Tetouan, Shefshaouen, Taghzout : multiple-compartment
bags, leather- covered earthenware, plates and belts. Marrakech :Camel
saddles (used as seats).
METALS, Copper: The Maghrebian household uses a great
deal of copper industry products because copper is a material which captures
dazzling light. Wrought irons: They are worked
into candleholders, lampshades, bars, mousharabies and mirror frames.
They are wrought in Marrakesh, Safi, Fes, etc...
CARPET
WEAVING: All activities of the
Moroccan artefacts go a long way back and carpet weaving is certainly
the oldest of all. There are two types of carpets in Morocco. Rural
carpets: which are the oldest and Urban carpets
(each of these fall into an infinite number of categories).
Urban carpets: Rabat, Meknes, Fes, Marrakech.
Rural carpets: Berber carpets of the Middle
Atlas (Azrou) ; of the region of Zadrs (Oulmes), of Shishaoua (Marrakech)
and of Aït Ouaourguite (Ouarzazate).
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