The handcraft of coloring cotton by hand is one of the very old traditional professions in Egypt, which is characterized by good types of cotton, but there are only some workshops left that do this task in their ancient way.

The photos show employees inspecting the colors of cotton yarn in a dyeing unit inside a shop for coloring natural yarns in Cairo .. The strings are used in the manufacture of shoelaces and the upholstery of mattresses and clothes.

Images source: EPA