Moroccan+carpets

=Moroccan Carpets=

Moroccan carpets are one of the oldest crafts in Morocco. They were inhabited Moroccan's for centuries before the Arab invasion in the seventh century. It slowly became important to the lives of Moroccan life style. They use the carpets for warmth, decoration, and to make money. There are two types of carpets. Rural rugs, and city carpets. Rural rugs are more known as "Berber carpets." They are mostly use for sale. City carpets are only in regions of Rabat and Casablanca. They mostly have floral designs, geometric, and star shapes. The colors on the carpets are very basic like red, yellow, brown, white and blue. Most of the carpets are woven by women. Some examples of these kind of carpets are flat-woven and knotted pile rugs. They have bold color and lively patterns. To make these carpets, each tribe used to have it own district from day to day. Rugs in this day were beautiful Moroccan art. Then, in the 20th century, it gained a western design. They had very beautiful patterns and elements in the style the Moroccans used. The story that goes with the early Moroccan Carpets has been said that they pass down from generation to generation.