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In Dosemealti, a district and municipality in the province of Antalya, in Turkey, almost 500 km south of Istanbul and 400 km southwest of the country’s capital, Ankara, something as old as – for us – exotic happens every year, and at the same time beautiful. Between June and September, when the land no longer stubbles under the open sky, traders spread their newly woven carpets by hand so that the sun attenuates the tones still too bright and, b…
Antalya's carpet fields keep tradition alive
Thousands of carpets and kilim rugs spread out in the sun form a festive and kaleidoscopic patchwork on the outskirts of Antalya, a coastal tourist city in southern Turkey. From June to September, in harvested fields cleared of stubble, merchants bring their cargo to age in the sun, tempering the bright hues of their natural colours and ridding them of undesirable elements, reports AFP. Hasan Topkara washes wool knotted carpets and rugs that com…
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