The art of the Moroccan Berber carpet
The carpet has always been an important element of human life. If the oldest lines date back best to 2500 years, within the regions of China and Iran, their appearance anywhere on the planet coincides with the manufacture of the first clothes. This sheep wool ground covering was steadily going to climb records to become a common, ordinary item, but a carrier, delicate and proud, of the cultural singularities of its creators. Thus, in Morocco, in the imperial towns as well as within the Berber areas, the carpet has become an artwork craft that unearths regions along the super traditions of the weavers of Europe, Persia, Asia, and the 'd'East.
In Morocco, this carpet craft has advanced along these lines. If the carpets made in cities, consisting of Rabat, Fez, or Médiouna, unequivocally confirm their oriental inspirations, which were regarded at the time as of splendid Andalusian length, when the Muslim craftsmen then present in Spain needed to join Morocco, the carpet of Berber tradition appears to have roots in older instances. There are certainly correspondences among certain conventional motifs and the rock drawings that dot the location.
Moroccan berber rugs and carpets:
The Berber rug, also referred to as Azetta, is the carpet of the Berber tribes. From one of the three fantastic Berber companies (Masmouda, Zénètes and Sanhadja) or of Bedouin Arab origin, each tribe has advanced at some point of its records and its peregrinations a specific aesthetic and technical fashion inside the weaving of its carpets. More than a utilitarian craft, weaving has hence ended up being the same as the call of every of those tribes in the expression of their respective features: their simplicity, their rusticity, and their sobriety; however, additionally, their liveliness is made of excellent humor and almost naive melancholy.
The Berber carpet is likewise that of Berber women, the ones of the geographical region and the Atlas mountains, who, from mothers to daughters, skip on strategies like styles in a sibylline language where summary and enigmatic geometry mingle. Symbols of the Tifinaghe script in expression of the Amazigh identity, or even the customary imagery of scenes from everyday life (animal figures, drawings of birds, camels, etc.). Carpet weaving is an essential activity for these Berber households, a pastoral way of life, who discover it as one of their main sources of income.
Conclusion :
Finally, the Moroccan Berber rug is the echo of the territories that have welcomed these tribes to the point of turning into, over time and especially from their sedentarization, a show of their identity.
