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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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