Traditional skills of carpet weaving in Fars - Iran - Iran Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization par UNESCO

UNESCO: Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity - 2010 - URL: http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/RL/00382 - Description: Iranians enjoy a global reputation in carpet weaving, and the carpet weavers of Fars, located in the south-west of Iran, are among the most prominent. Wool for the carpets is shorn by local men in spring or autumn. The men then construct the carpet loom -- a horizontal frame placed on the ground -- ...