The art of carpet weaving | Sihem Ben Aissa | My Tunisia 🇹🇳
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- Опубліковано 26 лис 2017
- The small town of Mansoura is a town that is seldom visited by those who live outside. But it is a place where an ancient North African craft has found new life.
Sihem Ben Aissa learned the art of carpet weaving from her mother. She has passed on the skill to her two daughters, Sarah and Nour, who help her with designs for modern versions of traditional carpets.
"Growing up with a mother like mine influenced me. We do see the world differently, but the customs and the traditions we were taught remain the same," says Sarah Bouzayene, Ben Aissa's eldest daughter.
Ben Aissa has managed to revive a craft that had all but disappeared from her village. She works with four or five other women weaving carpets and distributes these through a crafters' network.
"I don't want to work for a merchant. I dream of having a big carpet company. My own carpet company for me and my company to work in. That's my dream, that's my wish," she says.
But keeping the carpet trade alive is no easy task.
"Before we used to make good money, thank God. But not anymore," Ben Aissa says.
"All our crafters have the same problems, but we can't abandon out handcraft. You''ll see, if I find a loom dumped outside I want to bring it home with me, I swear. Because it runs in my blood."
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Such a hard worker and always a smile on her face, lovely lady.
Loving your Tunisia documentory series of hard working sisters.... Jazak Allahu khayr for this beautiful videos. Much appreciated. May Allaah Subbanahu wa Ta'ala bless them all
Aaaaw my heart.. She is such a soul.. I wish her all the best..
Masha'Allah. So much Noor in the faces of this family
How to visit this place? Beautiful carpets, beautiful souls.
How can we support this lovely woman and her family? Does the craft merchant that she sells through have a store with online capabilities? I would love to buy a rug from her. I would love to meet her. She just shines and exudes passion and joy for life and her craft.
Hi. May be I can get her phone number for you. ;)
Beautiful amazigh heritage.
I loved this video and thank you.
Thank you for a beautiful video with beautiful people and culture
many hugs from Wisconsin🥰🥰🥰such a beautiful family
They seem happier than those who have a 1 billion dollars house
Good Hard Working Family !!!!!
Much love for my people :)
Lovely video :D Hard working people :)
tunisia love
Jaw thier jamil fakartouni fi ayaem el barka ya hassera saha likoum tgiechou el mahaba wa el taelouf machallah gluekoum
Machallah gliek oukhti marae midheliya moutehadiya moukefiha madhal li koll marae bravoooooo respekt tehiyati min almaniya
we also do same its called "GALICHAA" in local language
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Please, put the subtitles on the top of the video or put less ad banners. Thanks,
If you fast forward to the end and then replay the video, all the adds go away
Mouch kariya wa bi hadhihi el gakliya el moutehadhira anneti fakher li tunis mouch el nisae metag el chtieh wa el rdieh fi tvvv
You speak Arabic very well ! Are u Italian ?
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