Carpet Cooperative Morocco

A visit to the berber carpet co operative in tétouan morocco.

Carpet cooperative morocco.

The cooperative was founded in taza in 1978 by a group of 7 weavers who wished to combine their talents and create an atmosphere in which their skills could be given free reign. Shopping at fes carpet and rug co operative dar zarbia during a 3 5 hour walking tour through the fes medina with a small group of 10 plus a local tourist guide momo and a security man to make sure nobody in our group got lost we enjoyed opportunities to do some shopping. We ended up spending 2 000 us on 2 rugs that we ended up seeing in marrakech for 1 10 the cost the day after. Our tour guide insight tours the best of morocco took the entire tour group to fes carpets cooperative in fes a supposedly insight approved shop.

The most egregious of our trip to morocco was going to the rug co op in fes called aux marveilles du tapis. Again this is a carpet with a high shaggy pile. Probably this video is only for carpet and rug enthusiasts but the opening scene is quite interesting because it demonstrates how a. 17 weavers currently comprise the cooperative producing a variety of carpets and rugs out of the highest quality wool each knot telling a piece of the history of morocco.

Buy handmade fair trade moroccan handicrafts including moroccan rugs beni ourains and art directly from the artisans who made it. See the detail photograph below. There is a lot to say about morocco the guidebooks do a good job of filling you in on how to get there where to stay what to eat and see and generally most of what they tell you is true but what they don t stress enough is how easy it is to be scammed in morocco especially by the carpet sellers of fes. We and others in our group were harshly berated to buy a rug to help out the widows and children the rugs were acquired from.

This tribe is from the region close to the sahara in the northern part of morocco and is near the frontier with algeria.